one-to-one

adjective

1
: pairing each element of a set uniquely with an element of another set
2

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But platforms seem to be wooing new users not by pretending to be a one-to-one replacement of the app, but by picking one successful aspect of TikTok and promising to do better than ByteDance’s biggest U.S. property ever could. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025 The industry has been promising one-to-one marketing for years. Christian Monberg, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 All students in District 204, aside from early childhood, have their own school computers, or one-to-one access, according to Mack. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025 Upon completion of the new cellar, Coppola explained that the one-to-one fermenter-to-block ratio will help to achieve a new level of mastery in the winemaking process. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for one-to-one 

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of one-to-one was in 1873

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“One-to-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-to-one. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

one-to-one

adjective
ˌwən-tə-ˈwən
: pairing each element of a set with one and only one element of another set
a one-to-one correspondence between the real numbers and the points on a straight line
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