NUMBER ONE • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Number one

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/nˈəmbər wən/ Listen

Number one

noun

A reference to yourself or myself etc.; 'take care of number one' means to put your own interests first.

The first or highest in an ordering or series. Synonym: first.

The first element in a countable series. Synonyms: first, number 1.

See images of 'Number one'

Etymology of 'Number one'

Related search:

number one wood

Share |

"Number one" Quotes from Famous Books

... He dared open his eyes a mite wider. "He's pukka— true to type! Rob first and then kill! Rule number one with his sort, run when you've stabbed! Not a bad rule either, from their point ...

— King--of the Khyber Rifles • Talbot Mundy

... we are both genial persons; but, seriously, Mrs. Blake's list of misdemeanours seems absurdly trifling. She is very handsome; that is misdemeanour number one, ...

— Lover or Friend • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... "Yes," said Number one, "but you see now that he is old he has to be satisfied with a different sort of wife. She is not beautiful, is she, although she has dipped her head in milk to make herself ...

— Finished • H. Rider Haggard

... negatives than positives, and untraced by confidences. The bitterness and self-assertion had ceased to tinge his words, the uncomfortable doubt that they were underlaid by satire had passed away, and methodical and self-possessed as he always was, the atmosphere of 'number one' was no longer apparent round all his doings. He could be out of spirits and reserved without being either ill-tempered or ironical; and Ethel, with this as the upshot of her week's observations, was reassured as to the hopes of the father and son working together without ...

— The Trial - or, More Links of the Daisy Chain • Charlotte M. Yonge

... encircles the head of both males and females. The white spots on the side of the females' heads represent the ears. The arms of the goddesses are covered with corn pollen, and long ribbons of fox skins are attached to the wrists, as shown on painting number one. All wear beaded moccasins tied on with cotton cord. Their chins are covered with corn pollen and red sunlight surrounds the body. The skirts only have an additional line of blue sunlight. Hasjelti is to the east of the painting. He carries a squirrel ...

— Eighth Annual Report • Various

More quotes...