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one shot

one shot

8 8.4
Able to learn something new from a single example
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : de un solo ejemplo
  • The researchers developed a one shot approach that allowed the algorithm to learn effectively from only a single example.
  • only one shot
  • one-shot painting
  • one-shot deal

Examples

  • And we'll talk about ideas that they enable, for example, one shot learning where you learn something definite from each, from each experience.

  • In a one shot learning scenario, the model can identify a new type of object after seeing it just once.

  • We only get one shot at it.

  • We only got one shot at this.

  • You get one shot at the show.

  • You get one shot and you call them like you see them.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • ZOC: Remember, you only get one shot at it.

  • You usually only get one shot, and many of them will not reread once they say no.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It's a one-shot deal.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In a one shot task, the program must recognize a new class of images after training on just one example.

Surface Forms

one shot positive

Morphology

one + shot

The phrase combines 'one' (single) and 'shot' (an attempt or single instance), so the idea of a single example/attempt is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is common and maps well onto the ML sense of learning from a single instance, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

One shot The adjective one shot borrows the picture of a single shot, like having only one photo or example to use. In machine learning it means a model that can learn from just one example, so it means 'learn from a single example'.