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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is first in rank, order, or importance.
- noun Slang One's own interests; oneself.
- noun The act of urinating.
- noun Urine.
- adjective First in rank, order, or importance.
- adjective Foremost in quality; first-rate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective idiomatic  First ;foremost ;best .
- noun   the most important person, the one who is in charge 
- noun   someone who is top of a ranking , who is ranked first.
- noun   oneself , being considered foremost, as by anegoist 
- noun   Urine ;urination .
- noun music  the single that has sold the most in a given period.
- noun soccer  The main goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit.
- noun cricket  The batsman who opens the batting.
- noun   Used other than as an idiom: see number ,one .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first
- noun the first element in a countable series
- noun the first or highest in an ordering or series
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