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English

{{rank|sweet|duty|heavy|615|single|foot|beauty|attention}}

Etymology

sengle < sengle < singulus a diminutive from the root in simplex "simple". See simple, and confer singular''.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈsɪŋgl/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-single.ogg
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Adjective

  1. Not accompanied by anything else.
  2. : Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
  3. Not divided in parts.
  4. : The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
  5. Designed for the use of only one.
  6. : a single room
  7. Designed for a single use; not reusable.
  8. : the anti-aircraft rocket is fired from a single use launch platform.
  9. Not married.
  10. : Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
  11. Having only one rank or row of petals.


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Translations

  • Swedish:
  • Swedish:


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Noun

  1. A 45rpm vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
  2. A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually has at least one extra track.
  3. One who is not married.
  4. : He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
  5. A score of one run.
  6. A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
  7. A bill valued at $1.
  8. : I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.


Antonyms

  • (45rpm vinyl record): album
  • (one who is not married): married


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Translations

  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|singl|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|singel|c}}
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|singl|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|singel|c}}
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|singl|m}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|تاک دۆلاری|tr=tAk dolAri|sc=KUchar}}

Verb

  1. 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.
  2. : Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
  3. : Evonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
  4. To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
  5. : Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.


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References


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Single \Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in
simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See
Simple, and cf. Singular.]
1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting
of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
[1913 Webster]

No single man is born with a right of controlling
the opinions of all the rest. --Pope.
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2. Alone; having no companion.
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Who single hast maintained,
Against revolted multitudes, the cause
Of truth. --Milton.
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3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
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Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
--Shak.
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Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden.
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4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others;
as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
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5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single
combat.
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These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . .
Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.
--Milton.
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6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to
compound. --I. Watts.
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7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
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I speak it with a single heart. --Shak.
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8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]
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He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.
--Beau. & Fl.
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Single ale, Single beer, or Single drink, small ale,
etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is
stronger. [Obs.] --Nares.

Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under
seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty.
--Burril.

Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two
players.

Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File.

Single entry. See under Bookkeeping.

Single file. See under 1st File.

Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals,
as a wild rose.

Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.

Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed
block.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Single \Sin"gle\, v. i.
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; -- said of a
horse. See Single-foot.
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Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a
disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a
pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are
raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such
horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. --W.
S. Clark.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Single \Sin"gle\, n.
1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
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2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling
to give them firmness.
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3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; --
usually in the plural.
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5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach
first base only.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Singling.]
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a
number; to choose out from others; to separate.
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Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the
dark. --Bacon.
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His blood! she faintly screamed her mind
Still singling one from all mankind. --More.
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2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
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An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.
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3. To take alone, or one by one.
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Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
--Hooker.
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WordNet single
adj 1: 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" [syn: single(a)] [ant: multiple]
2: 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" [ant: double]
3: 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?"
[syn: unmarried] [ant: married]
4: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an
individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy";
"a single bed" [syn: individual, separate, single(a)]
5: having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"
[syn: single(a)]
6: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object
or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a
single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained
their exclusive attention" [syn: single(a), undivided,
exclusive]
7: involved two individuals; "single combat" [syn: single(a)]
8: individual and distinct; "pegged down each separate branch
to the earth"; "a gift for every single child" [syn: separate,
single(a)]
n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
2: 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" [syn: one, 1, I,
ace, unity]
v : hit a one-base hit
Moby Dictionary
a certain , an , any , any one , appropriate , article , atomic , austere ,
bachelorlike , bare , basic , candid , celibataire , celibate ,
characteristic , chaste , choose , cull , distinct , distinctive ,
distinguish , distinguished , either , elementary , entity , especial ,
essential , exclusive , fasten on , fix on , footloose and fancy-free ,
free , fundamental , homely , homespun , homogeneous , husbandless ,
idiocratic , idiosyncratic , in character , individual , indivisible ,
integer , integral , intrinsic , irreducible , isolated , item , lone ,
maiden , maidenly , marked , mere , misogamist , misogynist , module ,
monadic , monastic , monistic , monk , monolithic , nun , of a piece ,
old-maidish , one , only , open , particular , peculiar , person ,
persona , pick , plain , point , priest , primal , primary , proper , pure ,
pure and simple , quintessential , segregate , select , separate ,
severe , simon-pure , simple , single out , singleton , singular , sole ,
solid , solitary , soul , spare , special , specific , spinsterish ,
spinsterlike , spinsterly , spouseless , stark , true to form ,
unadorned , unanalyzable , unattached , uncluttered , undifferenced ,
undifferentiated , undivided , unfettered , uniform , unique , unit ,
unitary , unmarried , unshared , unwed , unwedded , virgin , virginal ,
whole


SINGLE. By itself, unconnected. 2. A single bill is one without any condition, and does not depend upon any future event to give it validity. Single is also applied to an unmarried person; as, A B, single woman. Vide Simplex.
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