1. Not accompanied by another or others; solitary. 2a. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section: a single thickness; a single serving.b. Having the same application for all; uniform: a single moral code for all.c. Consisting of one in number: She had but a single thought, which was to escape.3. Not divided; unbroken: a single slab of ice.4a. Separate from others; individual and distinct: Every single child will receive a gift.b. Having individual opponents; involving two individuals only: single combat.5a. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.b. Wholly attentive: You must judge the contest with a single eye.6. Designed to accommodate one person: a single bed.7a. Unmarried. b. Lacking a partner: a single parent.c. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.d. Of or relating to celibacy. 8.Botany Having only one rank or row of petals: a single flower.
NOUN:
1. One that is separate and individual. 2. An accommodation for one person, as in a hotel. 3a. An unmarried person. b.singles Unmarried persons considered as a group: a bar for singles.4. A one-dollar bill. 5a. A phonograph record, especially a forty-five, having one song on each side. b. A song on one of these sides. c. A song, often from a full-length album or compact disk, that is released for airplay. 6.Baseball A hit by which a batter reaches first base safely; a one-base hit. 7.Sportsa. A hit for one run in cricket. b. A golf match between two players. c. A tennis or badminton match between two players. Often used in the plural. d.singles A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.
VERB:
Inflected forms: sin·gled, sin·gling, sin·gles
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To choose or distinguish from others. Often used with out: We singled her out from the list of applicants.2.Baseballa. To cause (a base runner) to score or advance by making a one-base hit: singled him to second.b. To cause the scoring of (a run) by a one-base hit.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
Baseball To make a single.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English sengle, from Old French, from Latin singulus. See sem-1 in Appendix I.
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