ONE-ON-ONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does one-on-one mean? • ONE-ON-ONE (adjective)
The adjective ONE-ON-ONE has 2 senses:
1. directly between two individuals
2. being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
Familiarity information: ONE-ON-ONE used as an adjective is rare.
• ONE-ON-ONE (adverb)
The adverb ONE-ON-ONE has 1 sense:
1. (of two persons) in direct encounter
Familiarity information: ONE-ON-ONE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ONE-ON-ONE (adjective)
Meaning:
Directly between two individuals
Context example:
one-on-one instruction
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Meaning:
Being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
Synonyms:
man-to-man; one-on-one
Context example:
one-on-one defense
Similar:
individual; single (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
• ONE-ON-ONE (adverb)
Meaning:
(of two persons) in direct encounter
Synonyms:
one-on-one; person-to-person
Context examples:
preferred to settle the matter one-on-one / interviewed her person-to-person
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