Definition of single

adjective (a)

• being or characteristic of a single thing or person (adj.all)

  Synonym: individual
  Antonym: common
  

  source: wordnet30
• used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals (adj.all)

  Antonym: double
  

  Example:
  Single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals.
  

  source: wordnet30
• existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual (adj.all)

  Antonym: multiple
  

  Example:
  Upon the hill stood a single tower.
  Had but a single thought which was to escape.
  A single survivor.
  A single serving.
  A single lens.
  A single thickness.
  

  source: wordnet30
• not married or related to the unmarried state (adj.all)

  Synonym: unmarried
  Antonym: married
  

  Example:
  Sex and the single girl.
  Single parenthood.
  Are you married or single?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base (noun.act)

  Synonym: bingle
  

  source: wordnet30
• the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: 1, ace, i, one, unity
  

  source: wordnet30
• A unit; one; as, to score a single. (noun)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing (adj.all)

  Example:
  Single occupancy.
  A single bed.
  

  source: wordnet30
• having uniform application (adj.all)

  Example:
  A single legal code for all.
  

  source: wordnet30
• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective (adj.all)

  Synonym: exclusive, undivided
  

  Example:
  Judging a contest with a single eye.
  A single devotion to duty.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• hit a single (verb.contact)

  Example:
  The batter singled to left field.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single- foot. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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