one-on-one

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adjective

1. directly between two individuals

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one-on-one instruction

• Similar to: ↑private

2. being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player

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one-on-one defense

• Syn: ↑man-to-man

• Similar to: ↑individual, ↑single

• Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics

II

adverb

(of two persons) in direct encounter

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preferred to settle the matter one-on-one

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interviewed her person-to-person

• Syn: ↑person-to-person

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I. \\¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ \ adjective (or adverb)

1. : playing directly against a single opposing player

2. : involving a direct encounter between one person and another

II. \\ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ \ noun

: a game or an aspect of a game which pits one offensive player against a single defender ; especially : an informal basketball game between two players who alternate at offense and defense

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/wun"on wun", -awn-/, adj.

1. consisting of or involving direct individual competition, confrontation, or communication; person-to-person: a one-on-one discussion.

adv.

2. in direct encounter: I'd rather settle this with her one-on-one.

3. go one-on-one with, Sports. to play directly against (an opposing player).

n.

4. a meeting or confrontation between two persons.

[1965-70, Amer.]

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one-on-oneˈ same as ↑one-to-one below.

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Main Entry: ↑one

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one-on-one UK US adjective, adverb mainly american

happening between only two people

Thesaurus: words used to describe communication_synonym

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one-on-one «WUHN on WUHN», adjective.

(in basketball, football, and other team sports) of or characterized by each defensive player guarding only his opponent; man-to-man: »

a one-on-one defense, a one-on-one drill or practice.

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I one-on-one (or one-to-one)

denoting or referring to a situation in which two parties come into direct contact, opposition, or correspondence

maybe we should talk to them one-on-one

II

(also chiefly Brit. one-to-one) n. informal a face-to-face encounter

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/ˌwʌnɑnˈwʌn/ adj

: involving two people who are dealing with or competing against each other directly

a one-on-one meeting/discussion

a one-on-one defense/competition

one-on-one tutoring

one-on-one adv

I'd like to talk with you one-on-one.

They will compete one-on-one for the championship.

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ˌone-on-ˈone [one-on-one] adjective usually before noun (NAmE)

= ↑one-to-one