single
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- adjective
- /ˈsɪŋɡəl/
:
soltero
- Being single at her age made Sarah feel like it was time to focus on her personal goals.
- a single parent
- a single mother
- a single woman
And I find myself out there again single and it scares me.
- And I find myself out there again single and it scares me.
- They go there to vacation and like be single women at the beach.
- And he himself is a single man that has not procreated.
- And she did it as a single woman immigrant.
- I I'm from County Durham, a single parent family.
- Now who here is single, may I ask?
- It doesn't matter to me that people think that you're single because I'm cool.
- Why the fuck do you say I would be single for three years?
Examples
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I'm single, and he wasn't random.
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After her last relationship ended, Julia decided to enjoy the freedom of being single for a while.
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Are you a single parent, Mr. Green?
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Of these, three were separated, one was divorced, four were single, and one was married.
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And I find myself out there again single and it scares me.
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And she did it as a single woman immigrant.
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Six of the participants were married and four were single, separated, or divorced.
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Thirteen caregivers were married; five were divorced, widowed, or single; and two did not respond.
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For years, researchers have highlighted the income disparity between single-parent and two-parent households.
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He embraced his single status, finding joy in his independence and self-discovery.
Synonyms
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Not having a husband or wife
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3.9
Not married and has never had a husband or wife
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3.9
Not in a romantic or sexual relationship with someone
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4.4
Not in a romantic or sexual relationship with only one person
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4.2
Alone because there is no one to be with
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6.5
A person who has never married
Not in a romantic relationship or living with someone
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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4.2
A jacket or coat that fastens with one row of buttons and has a small front overlap
- Specialized
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7.5
A system where people pay only one government charge, usually on land value
- Jargon
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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
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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-, meaning 'one', so to be single is to be 'one' person without a partner or spouse.