one-on-one
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3.1
- adjective
- /ˈwʌn ɒn ˈwʌn/
:
individual
- Instead, he talked directly to the President in a one-on-one lunch meeting on May 6.
- work one-on-one
- one-on-one with students
- one-on-one sessions
Like make sure you go to lunch with everyone one-on-one once a month, right?
- Like make sure you go to lunch with everyone one-on-one once a month, right?
- The Internet is the gateway drug to one-on-one relationships.
- I was thinking more like one-on-one, you know, I don't know about crowds.
- We're they're not talking to other students, but I am working one-on-one with the, the students.
- I had office hours so I could sit down one-on-one with the professor and ask, which I did.
- So the first one is, are you still seeing patients one-on-one?
- If you need personal guidance and a one-on-one session with me, don't ever hesitate to reach out.
- And then I really haven't done a whole lot of one-on-one contact with customers and with people just like me.
- I feel better about stuff after talking to you guys and I really missed just sitting one-on-one with you guys.
- And we get to see how quickly they turn on each other when they're sitting in a dark room with me one-on-one.
- Yeah, like I said, the one-on-one connection, being able to talk to the teacher after class, get actual help.
- So it's not like the teacher can like do a lot of adjustments, hands on adjustments or like give me one-on-one attention, which is fine.
- You talk to people one-on-one, all sorts of things, and those craft skills have gone and they've gone from TV there.
- And I still as an adult feel that way even when I'm welcomed into big groups of people or, you know, I, I, I, I do much better one-on-one with people.
Examples
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The highlight of this project was the one-on-one interaction in which the students just talked with the retirees.
Academic text (2008) -
I'm glad those who need it so much are getting some one-on-one attention.
Academic text (1993) -
Can we just do this one on one?
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I had office hours so I could sit down one-on-one with the professor and ask, which I did.
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One student teacher wrote, "I love working one-on-one with a student like this."
Academic text (1993) -
The children enjoyed coming and benefited from the one-on-one attention they received.
Academic text (1993) -
During testing, each examiner worked one-on-one with students in separate, quiet areas.
Academic text (2013) -
If you'd feel more comfortable outside of a group environment, we could meet one-on-one.
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I had a one-on-one conversation with my coach to discuss my performance.
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During our one-on-one meeting, we talked about the project's progress and next steps.
Synonyms
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3.9
Two people meet and talk directly, without other people or devices
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8.6
Private time for two people to talk alone
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4.2
A private meeting between two people
Privately between two people
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
One-on-one comes from the simple words one and on, showing two people facing each other. It began in sports to mean 'one person against one other', and today it means a private, direct meeting between two people.