single

Meaning of single

noun
  1. A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
  2. A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
    The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
  3. One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
    He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
  4. A score of one run.
  5. A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
  6. A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
  7. A bill valued at $1.
    I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
  8. A one-way ticket.
  9. A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
  10. (chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
  11. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
  12. A handful of gleaned grain.
  13. A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
verb
  1. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
    Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
  2. To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
    Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.
  3. To thin out.
  4. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
  5. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
  6. To take alone, or one by one.
adjective
  1. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
    Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
  2. Not divided in parts.
    The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
  3. Designed for the use of only one.
    a single room
  4. Performed by one person, or one on each side.
    a single combat
  5. Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.
    Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
  6. Having only one rank or row of petals.
  7. Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
  8. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
  9. Simple; foolish; weak; silly.

Information about single

Hyphenation of single

sin-gle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • single is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

single synonyms

Meaning individual:

individual, separate

Meaning unmarried:

unmarried

Meaning undivided:

undivided, exclusive

Meaning bingle:

bingle

Meaning one:

one, I, ace, unity

Meaning :

lone, sole, unbroken, uniform, available

single antonyms

Meaning :

album, married, divorced, taken, widowed

Translation of single

Anagrams of single

Englis, Glenis, glinse, Ingles, ingles, lignes, seling, slinge

Words that rhyme with single

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