single
- noun
- /ˈsɪŋɡəl/
- And then before Toby, I was single for two years.
- a singles bar
- status as a single
- secular singles
I think I did know that they were singles, I think.
- I think I did know that they were singles, I think.
Examples
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Edward P Jones was the son of a very poor single mother living in DC.
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This is what we call a bona fide singles party.
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Now, Steven, when you were single, tell me this.
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The last thing she wanted was to hang around a bunch of lonely singles at the complex.
Fiction book (1991) -
The place was half full, mostly East Side singles and a few older couples.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then her three married younger sisters had talked her into going on a Caribbean singles cruise.
Fiction book (1996) -
Okay, it's the seven-day, six-night fun in the sun singles package... with the standard three-to-one female-to-male ratio.
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When she introduced herself as a single woman, many people were surprised.
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He has been a single for too long and is looking for a partner.
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At the event, many singles shared their experiences of dating in the city.
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Idioms
Compounds
A jacket or coat that fastens with one row of buttons and has a small front overlap
- Specialized
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
How Single
Surface Forms
Etymology
Single comes from the Latin root singul-, meaning 'one', so a single is a person who is 'one' on their own, not part of a couple.