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single
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
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adjective
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
“individual drops of rain”
adjective
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
“judging a contest with a single eye”
adjective
not married or related to the unmarried state
“unmarried men and women”
adjective
having uniform application
“a single legal code for all”
adjective
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
“an individual serving”
adjective
existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
“upon the hill stood a single tower”
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”
noun
a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
noun
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”
verb
hit a single
“the batter singled to left field”
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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
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