What does one-on-one mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. one-on-oneadjective

    directly between two individuals

    "one-on-one instruction"

  2. one-on-one, man-to-manadverb

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

    "one-on-one defense"

  3. one-on-one, person-to-personadverb

    (of two persons) in direct encounter

    "preferred to settle the matter one-on-one"; "interviewed her person-to-person"

Wiktionary

  1. one-on-onenoun

    A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams.

  2. one-on-oneadjective

    Involving direct communication between two people.

  3. one-on-oneadjective

    involving one attacker and one defender

ChatGPT

  1. one-on-one

    One-on-one refers to an interaction or encounter between two individuals in which each individual focuses solely on the other. It often indicates a private or intimate conversation or activity, where one person is providing something (like guidance, instruction or consultation) exclusively to the other. It emphasizes direct, personal interaction without the involvement of any additional parties.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-on-one in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-on-one in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of one-on-one in a Sentence

  1. Joe Favorito:

    You go to a concert or a sporting event and everyone has a screen, especially with baseball and the NFL... You've got all that downtime to engage with fans one on one. It keeps people in seats longer, give teams the ability to sell more product, makes fans follow stats more closely, and helps them connect with each other more within the stadium.

  2. Hillary Clinton:

    We try to balance what we do every day, i'm trying to reach as many voters as possible one-on-one.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I want Ted one-on-one.

  4. Vander Plaats:

    If it stays this big, Trump will be your nominee. If Trump wins in Iowa, I don’t see anybody stopping him after that, but there is an appetite for somebody other than Trump. If you’re going to beat him, it has to get to one-on-one or two-on-one.

  5. Madeleine Albright:

    I think that part of the issue is that President Trump seems to believe that he can have just one-on-one relationships. And maybe that's possible in business, but that is not something that is possible as president of the United States, this is not a matter of charming, by saying you're 'honored' and he's a 'smart cookie.'.


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