Single (IPA: /ˈsɪŋɡəɫ/)
| Single (a.) |
One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. |
| Single (a.) |
Alone; having no companion. |
| Single (a.) |
Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. |
| Single (a.) |
Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope. |
| Single (a.) |
Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. |
| Single (a.) |
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. |
| Single (a.) |
Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. |
| Single (a.) |
Simple; not wise; weak; silly. |
| Single (v. t.) |
To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. |
| Single (v. t.) |
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. |
| Single (v. t.) |
To take alone, or one by one. |
| Single (v. i.) |
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot. |
| Single (n.) |
A unit; one; as, to score a single. |
| Single (n.) |
The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. |
| Single (n.) |
A handful of gleaned grain. |
| Single (n.) |
A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural. |
| Single (n.) |
A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. |
| Single |
Type of music release usually containing one or two tracks |
| Single |
Scoring a single point in Canadian football on a kick |
| Single |
A one-base hit in baseball |
| Single |
Type of match in tennis, badminton, table tennis, and other sports |
| Single |
Scored when the batsman take one run in cricket |
| Single Synonyms |
Only, Unary, Uninominal, One-man, One-person, Azygous, Singular, Unique, Solitary, Lonesome, Sui Generis, One-woman, Azygos, Lone, One-member, Sole |
| Single Synonyms |
Respective, One-on-one, Idiosyncratic, Individual, Singular, Several, Various, Man-to-man, Separate, Individualist, Individualistic |
| Single Synonyms |
Separate, Unshared, Individual |
| Single Synonyms |
Exclusive, Undivided, Concentrated |
| Single Synonyms |
Uniform, Unvarying |
| Single Synonyms |
Divorced, Unmated, Unwed, Widowed, Unwedded, Mateless, Unmarried |
| Single Synonyms |
Bingle |
| Single Synonyms |
One, 1, Unity, I, Ace |
| Single (Last Name / Surname) |
Single is the #41,886 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 519 people had that surname. |
| Translations |
Single in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "”when skies are hanged and oceans drowned, the single secret will still be man" - E. E. Cummings |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "... greatest single programming language ever designed. (About the Lisp programming language.)" - Alan Kay |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ".. .for all the gold that is beneath the moon, or that ever was, of these weary souls could not make a single one repose." - Inferno (Dante) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ".. .none can truly write his single day, And none can write it for him upon earth." - Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [From Norbourne Courtenaye]: all great discoveries have been the result of single endeavour." - Ethel Churchill (or The Two Brides) |
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