single
- noun
- /ˈsɪŋɡəl/
- We were able to procure you a single at a table on the floor, adjacent to Mr. Marshall's.
Examples
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Boats are grouped by the number of rowers onboard: singles, doubles, fours, and eights.
Blog text (3) -
I found a single single in my pocket when I checked for change.
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- Third class single for London, please.
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I charged you for a single.
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I paid for a single.
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I don't even have a single coin on my purse.
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At twenty-nine dollars a pop for a single, it wasn't a bad deal.
Fiction book (1995) -
We leave you tonight with the newest smash single from Infant Sorrow.
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Craft lost her quarterfinal singles match in a 3-6, 6-1, 10-7 heartbreaker to UCLA's Kaitlin.
Blog text (7) -
He used a single to pay for the bus fare.
Synonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A jacket or coat that fastens with one row of buttons and has a small front overlap
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A system where people pay only one government charge, usually on land value
- Jargon
A base hit made by hitting the ball hard so the batter reaches first base
A small pine tree from California that has single needles and cones with edible seeds
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A simple bookkeeping method that records only one side of each transaction
A punctuation mark like an apostrophe used to show speech or a quote inside another quote
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A simple crochet action that pulls a loop through two loops on the hook
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A small change in a gene where one DNA letter is different
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A single thread used to close a cut in the skin after injury or surgery
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A simple way for small businesses to record each money transaction once
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A pine tree with one needle in each cluster that makes edible seeds
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A small pine tree with one needle in each group and edible nuts, native to the United States southwest
A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed
A wind instrument that uses one reed to make sound, like a clarinet or saxophone
A helicopter that has one main spinning blade and a tail rotor for balance
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Etymology
Single comes from the Latin root singul-, which means 'one', so a single can mean the number 'one', the smallest whole number.