single
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(a) being or characteristic of a single thing or person
- individual drops of rain
- please mark the individual pages
- they went their individual ways
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(a) 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
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(a) 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
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(a) 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?
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(s) characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
- an individual serving
- single occupancy
- a single bed
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(s) having uniform application
- a single legal code for all
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(s) 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
Nouns
- (n) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base bingle,
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(n) 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
Verbs
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(v) hit a single
- the batter singled to left field
Synonyms
individual bingle 1 ace one I unity unmarried exclusive undividedAntonyms
common double multiple marriedSee also
separate unmatedWords of close approximity
single-barreled
single-barrelled
single bed
single-bedded
single-breasted
single-breasted jacket
single-breasted suit
single-celled
single-channel
single combat
single cream
single crochet
single dwelling
single entry
single-entry bookkeeping
single file
single-foot
single-handed
single-handedly
single-humped
single-lane
single-leaf
single-leaf pine
single-leaf pinyon
single-member system
single-minded
single-mindedly
single-mindedness
singleness
single nucleotide polymorphism
single out
single prop
single-propeller plane
single quote
single-reed instrument
single-reed woodwind
single-rotor helicopter
singles
single-seeded
single shell
single-shelled
single-spaced
single-spacing
singlestick
single stitch
single-stranded
single supplement
singlet
singletary pea
single tax
singleton
single-valued function