single
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /ˈsɪŋɡəl/
:
solo
- We haven't had a single complaint nor the slightest comment.
- a single word
- a single case
- a single subject
Personally, I don't have a single one to spare.
- Personally, I don't have a single one to spare.
- We have very few single use kitchen items.
- And so we can talk about one single time, right?
- And then ours every single day for months, Lex.
- This holds for living as well, step by single step, and for writing.
- OK, so this is a single lane dirt Rd.
- There is not a single black radio station.
- Tyler came over almost every single day I had.
Examples
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Results from all of these collections are combined into a single, relevancy-ranked results list.
Academic text (2015) -
First, our study only examined faculty at a single private university in the northeastern United States.
Academic text (2013) -
We have very few single use kitchen items.
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Every single one of them.
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There literally was not a single thing in the food court.
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Please don't change a single little thing for me.
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Hence, boys and girls were treated as a single group in all subsequent analyses.
Academic text (2015) -
The C3UV system is designed to allow a single user to command a fleet of UAVs.
Academic text (2011) -
Unlike the dollar, barter does not depreciate one single percent.
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I prefer to stay in a single room when I travel, as it feels more comfortable.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The single person or thing of its kind
847
3.0
Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style
253
3.7
Only one person or thing not shared with others
191
4.6
Being alone and not with other people or things
176
2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
58
3.3
A thing that only one person can use
7
3.5
Alone and not near other people or things
6
4.1
A device that works without being connected to others
A room with one or more single beds for one person each
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
1
4.2
A jacket or coat that fastens with one row of buttons and has a small front overlap
- Specialized
1
7.5
A system where people pay only one government charge, usually on land value
- Jargon
1
6.6
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A simple crochet action that pulls a loop through two loops on the hook
- Specialized
A small change in a gene where one DNA letter is different
- Specialized
A single thread used to close a cut in the skin after injury or surgery
- Specialized
A simple way for small businesses to record each money transaction once
- Specialized
A pine tree with one needle in each cluster that makes edible seeds
- Specialized
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 bed is simply 'one' bed for one person.