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singles

singles

4 2.5
A match where each side has one player, for example in tennis
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪŋɡəlz/
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  • Venus Williams won the Women's singles title at Wimbledon, showcasing her incredible talent.

You're playing a sport, you're playing the same sport, but are you playing singles or double s?

Examples

  • The women's Grand-Master Singles results will be posted shortly along with the men's Senior-Master Singles, which started close to 9 a.m.

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  • The Championship Men's Singles are coming through now, and it looks to be a tight race.

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  • The races are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. with the Grand Master Singles.

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  • The women in the Grand Master Singles are now rowing down the Charles to the finish.

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  • "Last weekend, Williams captured her 17th Singles title in less than a year by winning the age 12 and under Southern California Junior Sectional Championship."

    King Richard (2021)

  • 9:15 a.m.: The results are in for the men's Grand Master Singles.

    Blog text (14)

  • The Club Women's Singles will be a Boston showdown as four of the top five bow numbers belong to local scullers.

    Blog text (14)

  • 9:50 a.m.: James Mcgaffigan of GMS Rowing Center gets the gold medal in the Senior-Master Singles for men with a time of 18:58.909.

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  • In tennis, the finals for the Men's singles will be played next weekend.

  • He played in the Junior singles competition and reached the semifinals of the tournament.

Synonyms

match
vssingles
517 1.4

A game in which two teams or players compete

is a sports game limited to one player per side rather than teams
one-on-one
vssingles
58 3.2

A private meeting or match between two people

is the sports game with one player per side rather than any meeting
tennis match
vssingles
8 1.1

A game of tennis played between two players or two pairs in a tournament

is the version with one player per side rather than pairs

Antonyms

doubles
1 2.7

A game in tennis or badminton where two players play on each side

How Team-Oriented

team sport
17 2.6
doubles
1 2.7
singles
4 2.5

Surface Forms

singles plural
single singular

Morphology

singles = single (transparent) = single + s

The plural '-s' simply marks more than one 'single' (match), a straightforward and regular plural formation.

Etymology

Singles comes from single, which means 'one', so a singles match is a game with one player on each side rather than two, as in doubles.