Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-to-one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 6.15 in modern English

Syllables: one--to-one
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.

adj

Involving direct communication between two people.

British usage

adj

Injective, being an injection: having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image.

noun

A personal relationship between two people.

noun

A direct match or equivalent.

Example Sentences

"There is a one-to-one relationship between days with large cash shortages and his workdays."
"a one-to-one discussion"
"a one-to-one teaching session"
"And though [Jesse] Armstrong[…] continues his avoidance of easy one-to-ones, there’s more than a whiff of Elon Musk to Venis […]."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more one-to-one (comparative) most one-to-one (superlative) one-to-ones (plural)

Phrases

face-to-face man-to-man peer-to-peer

Frequently Paired Words

face-to-face man-to-man peer-to-peer one-to-many many-to-one many-to-many onto

Synonyms

121 one-on-one

Questions

What does one-to-one mean?: Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.

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