single
sin
ˈsÉĒn
sin
gle
gəl
gēl
/ˈsÉĒÅ‹ÉĄÉ™l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "single"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ

not in a relationship or marriage
single definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He recently got out of a long-term relationship and is adjusting to being single again.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀

existing alone without any others of the same kind
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The single witness to the crime came forward with crucial evidence.
āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āϏāϰāϞ

(of flowers) possessing only one layer of petals, as opposed to having multiple layers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The florist arranged a bouquet featuring single flowers to highlight their natural grace.
āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻžāϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻĢ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϝ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āĻž

no more than one in number
single definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The single cookie left in the jar was eagerly grabbed by the hungry child.
āϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.3

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝ

not shared among others, remaining whole or undivided
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The land was kept as a single estate, rather than being split among the heirs.
āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϟ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.4

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ

applied consistently across all instances, without variation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A single rule was enforced throughout the entire organization, leaving no room for exceptions.
āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
2.5

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ

designed or intended for use by one person only, not shared or combined with others
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The single bed in the guest room provided just enough space for one guest.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ

emphasizing the presence or occurrence of just one instance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Not a single person raised their hand to volunteer for the task.
āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻ•āϜāύāĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
04

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ•

considered individually, emphasizing its distinctness from each other or from others within a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher reviewed every single assignment to ensure fairness.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāχāύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āϏāϰāϞ

(of an alcoholic drink) containing one standard measure of spirits
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She asked for a single gin and tonic, not wanting a double.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āϜāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϟāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ āϚāĻžāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
06

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āĻž

(of a parent) raising their kid or kids without the presence or support of a partner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He found support in a community group for single parents.
āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€

(of tickets) intended for a one-way journey, as opposed to a round-trip or return ticket
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The single bus ticket cost less than a round-trip fare.
āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ-āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ• āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύ⧋āϟ, āĻāĻ• āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ

a one-dollar paper money
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
single definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found a crumpled single at the bottom of her purse.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ• āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύ⧋āϟ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āϰ⧁āĻŽ, āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ

a hotel room designed for one person
single definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When booking accommodations, individuals often opt for a single, which is tailored to accommodate one person.
āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻŦ⧁āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€āĨ¤
03

āĻāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ, āĻāĻ•āĻ• āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ

a ticket used for a one-way journey or admission, often intended for one person only
single definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The concert sold out quickly, but he emanaged to grab a singl for himself.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻšāĻŋāϟ, āĻāĻ•āĻ•

a base hit in baseball that allows the batter to reach first base safely without advancing further
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got a single in the fifth inning, putting himself on first base with a solid hit.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§āϚāĻŽ āχāύāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻ•āĻ•

a CD or a musical record that has only one main song, often released separately from an album to promote it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She bought the latest pop single as soon as it hit the stores.
āϏ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāχ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻĒ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a person who is not married or in a committed relationship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many singles choose to focus on their careers before settling down.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāύ

a hit in cricket that allows the batsman to score one run
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They needed just one more run, so he carefully tapped the ball for a single.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāύ āφāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ single āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚ

(in tennis and badminton) a match played between two players, one on each side, as opposed to doubles
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The singles final in tennis was a thrilling match between two top-ranked players.
āĻŸā§‡āύāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞāϏ āĻĢāĻžāχāύāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻ•āϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚāĨ¤
09

āĻāĻ•āĻ•, āĻāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ

a serving of an alcoholic drink, typically equal to one standard shot
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bartender poured a single of vodka into the glass, as requested.
āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āĻĸ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧁āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to hit a base hit in baseball where the batter safely reaches first base
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The batter singled on the first pitch, quickly getting on base.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

singleness
singular
singular
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