Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-for-one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 6.11 in modern English

Syllables: one--for-one
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of one-to-one.

Example Sentences

"The earliest counting systems use one-for-one correspondence. The shepherd may have carried with him a bag of pebbles, one pebble for each of his sheep. At the end of the day, he could match each pebble to each sheep to make sure he had them all."

Synonyms

one-to-one

Questions

What does one-for-one mean?: Synonym of one-to-one.

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