one shot
- adjective
- Specialized
- 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
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And we'll talk about ideas that they enable, for example, one shot learning where you learn something definite from each, from each experience.
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In a one shot learning scenario, the model can identify a new type of object after seeing it just once.
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We only get one shot at it.
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We only got one shot at this.
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You get one shot at the show.
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You get one shot and you call them like you see them.
Fiction book (1993) -
ZOC: Remember, you only get one shot at it.
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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
Morphology
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'.