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- Dictionarysin·gle/ˈsiNGɡ(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. only one; not one of several: "a single red rose" Similar Opposite
- 2. unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship: "a single mother" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group.
- 2. (especially in tennis and badminton) a game or competition for individual players, not pairs or teams.
verb
- 1. choose someone or something from a group for special treatment: "one newspaper was singled out for criticism"
- 2. hit a single: "Aaron singled to center"
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1. a. : not married. b. : of or relating to celibacy. 2. : unaccompanied by others : lone, sole. the single survivor of the disaster. 3. a (1) : consisting of or having only one part, feature, or portion. single consonants. (2) : consisting of one as opposed to or in contrast with many : uniform. a single standard for men and women. (3)
SINGLE definition: 1. one only: 2. not married, or not having a romantic relationship with someone: 3. considered on…. Learn more.
If something is totally alone, or consists of only one part, it's single, like a single sock in your clean laundry basket that's mysteriously lost its mate. Maybe there's a single house on a street, or a single red rose in a bouquet.
Single definition: only one in number; one only; unique; sole. See examples of SINGLE used in a sentence.
You use single to indicate that you are considering something on its own and separately from other things like it. [ emphasis ] Every single house in town had been damaged.
1. only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example. 2. of, pertaining to, or suitable for one person only: a single room. 3. solitary or sole; lone: He was the single survivor. 4. unmarried: a single man. 5. pertaining to the unmarried state. 6. of one against one: single combat.
SINGLE definition: 1. only one: 2. used to emphasize that you are talking about each one of a group or series: 3…. Learn more.
Definition of single adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Business Dictionary sin‧gle /ˈsɪŋgəl/ noun [ countable] British English a ticket for a journey from one place to another but not back again A single to Oxford, please. → compare return2 Origin single1 (1200-1300) Old French Latin singulus. single meaning, definition, what is single: only one: Learn more.
SINGLE meaning: 1 : not having or including another only one sometimes used to emphasize the largeness or importance of something sometimes used in negative statements to emphasize that there is a complete lack of something; 2 : not married or not having a serious romantic relationship with someone