Single
WordNet
adjective
(1) Being or characteristic of a single thing or person
"Individual drops of rain"
"Please mark the individual pages"
"They went their individual ways"
(2) Not married or related to the unmarried state
"Unmarried men and women"
"Unmarried life"
"Sex and the single girl"
"Single parenthood"
"Are you married or single?"
(3) Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
"Upon the hill stood a single tower"
"Had but a single thought which was to escape"
"A single survivor"
"A single serving"
"A single lens"
"A single thickness"
(4) Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
"Single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"
noun
(5) A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
(6) The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
"He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"
"They had lunch at one"
verb
(7) Hit a single
"The batter singled to left field"
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Etymology
sengle < sengle < singulus a diminutive from the root in simplex "simple". See simple, and confer singular.
Adjective
- Not accompanied by anything else.
- Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
- Not divided in parts.
- The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
- Designed for the use of only one.
- a single room
- Designed for a single use; not reusable.
- the anti-aircraft rocket is fired from a single use launch platform.
- Not married nor dating
- Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
- Having only one rank or row of petals.
Synonyms
- (not accompanied by anything else): lone, sole
- (not divided in parts): unbroken, undivided, uniform
- (not married): unmarried
Noun
- A 45rpm vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
- A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually has at least one extra track.
- One who is not married.
- He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
- A score of one run.
- A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
- A bill valued at $1.
- I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
Verb
- To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
- Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
- Evonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
- To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
- Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.
Noun
single
- single, loner (person who lives alone and has no emotional ties)