Dictionary entries for 'single'

Synonyms

sin·gle (sĭnǵgəl)

[Middle English sengle, from Old French, from Latin singulus.]

adjective

Not accompanied by another or others; solitary.
1. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section: a single thickness; a single serving.
2. Having the same application for all; uniform: a single moral code for all.
3. Consisting of one in number: She had but a single thought, which was to escape.
Not divided; unbroken: a single slab of ice.
1. Separate from others; individual and distinct: Every single child will receive a gift.
2. Having individual opponents; involving two individuals only: single combat.
1. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.
2. Wholly attentive: You must judge the contest with a single eye.
Designed to accommodate one person: a single bed.
1. Unmarried.
2. Lacking a partner: a single parent.
3. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.
4. Of or relating to celibacy.
Botany Having only one rank or row of petals: a single flower.

One that is separate and individual.
An accommodation for one person, as in a hotel.
1. An unmarried person.
2. singles. Unmarried persons considered as a group: a bar for singles.
A one-dollar bill.
1. A phonograph record, especially a forty-five, having one song on each side.
2. A song on one of these sides.
3. A song, often from a full-length album or compact disk, that is released for airplay.
Baseball A hit by which a batter reaches first base safely; a one-base hit.
Sports
1. A hit for one run in cricket.
2. A golf match between two players.
3. A tennis or badminton match between two players. Often used in the plural.
4. singles. A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.

To choose or distinguish from others. Often used with out : We singled her out from the list of applicants.
Baseball
1. To cause (a base runner) to score or advance by making a one-base hit: singled him to second.
2. To cause the scoring of (a run) by a one-base hit.