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. Christopher Starr:

    In reading these websites, the information gathered should be used, not as dogma, but as the foundation for a more highly informed one-on-one discussion with your doctor at your next visit, and if it's been a while, reading these websites will hopefully remind diabetic patients of the importance of regular screening exams for diabetic retinopathy.

  2. Leah Oswanski:

    It's great to have the music medicine piece (but) it's even better to do one-on-one work with the patient.

  3. Bob Schroeder:

    They realize that this is what New Hampshire politics is about: One-on-one relationships with individual community members.

  4. Brent Robertson:

    That's Kris Kobach only path to victory — is this thing getting more and more crowded, if Kris Kobach gets Roger Marshall one-on-one, Kris Kobach's absolute toast.

  5. 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.


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