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single English

Meaning single meaning

What does single mean?
Definitions in simple English

single Adjective

— A single thing is the only one. In large baking dish, arrange chicken pieces in single layer. — You use single to stress how many or how few. I hate going to work every single day and listening to people yell at each other. I haven't heard a single word of thanks. Eastern Canada is the world's largest single source of newsprint. I don't think we should give them a single thing. — A single person is not married. The single mother of two spends weekends with her kids. I used to go out a lot when I was single.

single Noun

— A single is a song that is sold or put out by itself (or with one other song), not on an album. Today she releases her live version of Birthday, the first single from an upcoming tour album. — In baseball and cricket, a single is a hit that enables a runner to score a point. — In baseball a single is a hit that enables the player to move to first base. — Singles is a game where each side has only one player, especially in tennis. — Singles are people who are not married or not in a romantic relationship. You'll pay no tax if your income falls below $50,000 for a married couple, $35,000 for singles. — A single is a hotel room for one person. I reserved a single in Montreal.

single Verb

— In baseball if you single, you hit the ball and are able to run to first base. The batter singled to right field. — If you single something out, you identify it, often to give it special attention. She was singled out as the best student in the class.

single

— adjective (= individual) being or characteristic of a single thing or person individual drops of rain please mark the individual pages they went their individual ways — noun a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base — verb hit a single the batter singled to left field — adjective 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 — adjective 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 — adjective (= undivided, exclusive) 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 — adjective having uniform application a single legal code for all — adjective (= individual) characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing an individual serving single occupancy a single bed — adjective (= unmarried) 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? — noun (= one) 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

Synonyms single synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as single?

single English » English

unmarried sole alone only individual one solitary unique singular bachelor unwed separate only one isolated simple lone celibate lonely odd exclusive widower widow unitary undivided unattached unaccompanied odd number lonesome free common bingle vacant unoccupied unmarried person united uncommitted ticket spinster solo solid simplex particular orphan one-time one-person one-man man maiden loose list

Topics single topics

What do people use single to talk about?
States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

One
Person Life Marriage

Unmarried
Physical actions Arrange

Simple, complicated
States Quantity Number

Multiples
States Quantity Number

Numbered group
States Quantity All

Only
Universe, creation Animal

Types of animals
Person Life Birth

Multiple births
Person Life

Male, female

  • What words describe a school or organization that includes only males or females?
    single-sex
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined
Social behavior Relationships

Unity
Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone
Physical actions Move

Accompany
States Quantity Number

Number of times
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely

Conjugation single conjugation

How do you conjugate single?

single · verb

Examples single examples

How do I use single in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Are you married or are you single?
Is he married or single?
Tom remained single all his life.
Although most of us think of the brain as a single structure, it is actually divided into two hemispheres.
Is she single or married?
I am a single mother of four children.
I am single.
In chemistry, can nitrogen form a single bond?
There's not a single car on the street.
The exam was very hard, and I couldn't answer a single question.
I cannot dance one single step of Salsa.
Harvard scientists have measured the amount of male hormone in the saliva of 58 single and married men with or without children.
What you have said applies only to single women.
There isn't a single cloud in the sky.
We cannot do without salt even for a single day.
In no country other than England, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.
A single mistake, and you are a failure.
There wasn't a single vacant seat in the hall.
I'd like to have a single room with a bath for two nights.
A single room with bath, please.
I'm still single.
Not a single word did he say.
A single step, and you will fall over the cliff.
It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on your work, but you're completely ignoring the people around you.
Mary remained single all her life in Japan.
We didn't see a single house for five miles there.
I'd like to reserve a single room.
Would you like a single or a double?

Movie subtitles

The missionaries here have yet to baptize a single person.
I could either get down on my hands and knees here and spend the rest of my life counting every single one or I could do what Kepler's going to do, which we call sampling.
And for a long time, scientists believed that every single life form on Earth got their energy from our star.
There's not a single person passing by.
Although a murderer's tomb was found in their town, there isn't even one single person who wants to know the truth.
When's the last time you saved four lives in a single day?
I mean, don't waste a single second.
So what, now, I'm. I'm the only single parent whose kid is having trouble in school?
No. You're the only single parent whose son witnessed his own mother get killed in a hit-and-run and hasn't said a word since.
I love being married. It's just sometimes I miss the single life.
I prescribed the drugs that robbed that child of every single limb.
But I'm reminded every single day that I did.
The most important thing to remember is that this drug is only effective against pregnancy if taken every single day without fail, not just before or after sexual intercourse.
Not a single reply in more than one hour.
I've been in the field for 3 years and I haven't killed a single Arab yet!
So marry her! Don't be like every single officer here who shacks up with a broad, but won't be seen in public with her.
He can get me servants, widows, single women.
So what, now, I'm. I'm the only single parent whose kid is having trouble in school? No.
You're the only single parent whose son witnessed his own mother get killed in a hit-and-run and hasn't said a word since.
The current director, who was also the founder, was able to build it in a single generation. But strangely, no one has actually seen the director lately.
There isn't a single person at U.N. headquarters who has any memory of this incident.
He is aware of the movements of every single air molecule around him and can control them.
And as such, I'm privy to every single conversation that used me as a conduit, meaning that of course I know everything there is to know about the Emperor's scheme.
Their schedule changes almost every single day.
What you have just shown me, it is incredible that the brain of a single man should have thought up this realm of magic!
But can a single individual accomplish that?
The world can go to the dogs, every single man and woman!
For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.
Why is a two-wheeled car also more reliable than a single-wheeled car?
Every single one of them is so horrible. there are total of 10 kinds of hells.
Every single one of them is so horrible.
It's just sometimes I miss the single life.
I wear the same outfit every single day.
I will not remain a single minute near you without getting complete satisfaction.
Will I be unable to satisfy a single one of my desires?
She hasn't sold a single box of matches and is too scared to go back to the shack.
And I want you to remember that no Potter. has ever been involved in a single scandal.
What do you want? Do you want a single room?

News and current affairs

Alas, there is no single or silver bullet.
Second, troubles in any single component of total debt will have an impact on all the other components.
Margaret Thatcher worked with Jacques Delors to forge the Single Market in 1986.
Foremost are the four freedoms of the single market; free movement of goods, services, people and capital.
But a single market does not require a single social or industrial policy, far less a common taxation policy.
There is a world of difference between an association of nation states bound together by treaty, and a single entity, whether you call it a state or not, with its own legal personality, deriving its authority from its own constitution.
The single most immediate and direct impact of having an independent fiscal policy would be to reign in spending by producing a counterpoint to Panglossian government growth and revenue forecasts.
When the Georgia crisis erupted, Europe united around a single position on Russia's withdrawal.
Conventional theory suggests that a single country (or group of countries) consolidating its finances can expect lower interest rates, a weaker currency, and an improved trade position.
Europe's single-minded focus on austerity is a result of a misdiagnosis of its problems.
Closing Chernobyl may be the most dramatic, but it is only a single episode in our reform efforts.
In its sheer scale, this may be the largest single energy privatization ever attempted in Europe.
No single instrument will work everywhere.
My colleagues and I, serving on an advisory committee for the Spanish initiative, have recommended that donors pool their funds into a single international account, which we call the Financial Coordination Mechanism (FCM).
Poor countries would receive prompt and predictable financing for agricultural inputs from a single account, rather than from dozens of distinct and fragmented donors.
The good news is that economic research does have a few things to say about whether Europe should have a single currency.
The ideal alternative to both strategies is a peace process that aims not to create two states, but rather to establish the political and economic basis for a single confederal state.
The single most important driver of deficit growth is weak tax revenues, owing to poor economic performance; the single best remedy would be to put America back to work.

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