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equal, at one, harmonious, in unison, whole, entire, complete:<br />

When he went into a trance, he felt one with his God. 3 a<br />

particular, a certain, a given, a specific: I recall one<br />

occasion when she brought all her dogs into work.<br />

--pron. 4 a person, an individual, a man or a woman, everybody,<br />

everyone, anybody, anyone; people; Possibly offensive man: One<br />

ought to treat others as one would like to be treated. One<br />

cannot be too careful these days.<br />

--n. 5 joke, story, anecdote, chestnut, one-liner; limerick,<br />

rhyme, ditty, song; bromide: Have you heard the one that<br />

begins, 'There was a young man from Loch Ness'?<br />

one-sided adj. 1 partial, biased, partisan, prejudiced, bigoted, unfair,<br />

unjust, inequitable, close-minded, narrow-minded, intolerant:<br />

His is a one-sided view of the problem. 2 lopsided, unbalanced,<br />

unequal, unequalized, uneven, disproportionate, Slang cock-eyed:<br />

The swelling on his left cheek made Tom's face look very<br />

one-sided. 3 unilateral, independent, exclusionary, exclusive:<br />

They made a one-sided decision to halt production of nuclear<br />

weapons.<br />

ongoing adj. 1 continuing, continued, continuous, continual, ceaseless,<br />

unbroken, uninterrupted, constant, perpetual, non-stop,<br />

relentless, persistent, unending, endless, interminable,<br />

running: There has been an ongoing dispute with the museum over<br />

the authenticity of the sculpture. 2 developing, evolving,<br />

growing, successive, unfolding, progressing, progressive:<br />

Rather than come to a hasty decision, we decided to monitor<br />

ongoing developments.<br />

onlooker n. spectator, observer, looker-on, eyewitness, witness,<br />

watcher, viewer; bystander, passer-by: She was merely an<br />

onlooker, not a participant. Onlookers reported that the driver<br />

had run away from the accident.<br />

only adj. 1 sole, single, solitary, lone, one and only, exclusive:<br />

He is the only one who can identify the murderer.<br />

--adv. 2 solely, just, exclusively, alone: He has a face that<br />

only a mother could love. They have been here only twice. She<br />

gets her own way only because she has a tantrum if anyone

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