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English
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Middle English sengle < Old French sengle < Latin singulus a diminutive from the root in simplex "simple". See simple, and confer singular.
Pronunciation
Adjective
single (not comparable)
- Not accompanied by anything else.
- Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
- Not divided in parts.
- The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
- Designed for the use of only one.
- a single room
- Designed for a single use; not reusable.
- the anti-aircraft rocket is fired from a single use launch platform.
- Not married nor dating
- Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
- (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
- (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XI:
- Therefore, when thyne eye is single: then is all thy boddy full off light. Butt if thyne eye be evyll: then shall all thy body be full of darknes?
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XI:
Synonyms
- (not accompanied by anything else): lone, sole
- (not divided in parts): unbroken, undivided, uniform
- (not married): unmarried
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Noun
single (plural singles)
- A 45rpm vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
- A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually has at least one extra track.
- The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
- One who is not married.
- He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
- (cricket) A score of one run.
- (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
- (dominoes) A tile that has different values (i.e., number of pips) in each end.
- A bill valued at $1.
- I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
- (UK) A one-way ticket.
- (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
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Translations
45rpm vinyl record
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Verb
single (third-person singular simple present singles, present participle singling, simple past and past participle singled)
- To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
- Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
- Evonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
- (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
- Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.
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| Coef | Noun | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | single | |
| 2 | double | doublet |
| 3 | triple | triplet |
| 4 | quadruple | quadruplet |
| 5 | quintuple | quintuplet |
| 6 | sextuple | sextuplet |
References
- single in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “single” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: sweet · duty · heavy · #615: single · foot · beauty · attention
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
single m. and f. inv.
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