English dictionary
single
adjectivePronunciation
ˈsɪŋɡəl
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- being or characteristic of a single thing or person
adjective
- not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
adjective
- not married or related to the unmarried state
adjective
- having uniform application
adjective
- characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
adjective
- existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
adjective
- used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
noun
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
verb
- hit a single
Example sentences
individual drops of rain
please mark the individual pages
they went their individual ways
judging a contest with a single eye
a single devotion to duty
undivided affection
gained their exclusive attention
unmarried men and women
unmarried life
sex and the single girl
single parenthood
are you married or single?
a single legal code for all
an individual serving
single occupancy
a single bed
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
single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals
he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
they had lunch at one
the batter singled to left field