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single-spaced

single-spaced

4 3.5
Typed or printed text that has no blank space between lines
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪŋɡəl speɪst/
translation icon : interlineado simple
  • And it touts those big names whenever possible, with a six-page, single-spaced list of them in the group's promotional packet.
  • a single-spaced page
  • a single-spaced transcript
  • single-spaced text

And it was all in single spaced, no diagrams, just text, single spaced, very few paragraphs, to be honest.

Examples

  • Each participant was provided with a one-page, single-spaced memorandum discussing the disease tuberculosis.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Four pages of names, single-spaced.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • My mother's letter was three and a half single-spaced pages.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Single-spaced articles are nearly impossible to edit, so if you send us one, we'll have to return it.

    Academic text (1993)
  • When completed, there were 88 single-spaced pages of transcripts.

    Academic text (2011)
  • All interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim, resulting in 401 single-spaced pages of transcript.

    Academic text (2007)
  • When readers have to slog through 10 single-spaced pages of leaden prose, they're likely to be too exhausted to argue on your behalf.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The report must be submitted in single-spaced format to meet the guidelines.

  • She printed her essay with single-spaced lines to save paper.

  • For clarity, make sure your application is typed in single-spaced text.

Antonyms

There is an empty line between every line of text

How Spaced

single-spaced
4 3.5

Surface Forms

single-spaced positive

Morphology

single-spaced = single + space (transparent) = single + space + ed

Formed from 'single' + 'space' with the adjectival suffix '-ed' to mean having one space between lines, a directly deducible meaning for learners.

Etymology

The word single-spaced comes from the simple parts single ('one') and space ('a gap'). It literally means the lines have only one small gap between them, so there are no extra blank lines like in double-spaced text.