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Synonyms individual


single occupancy.
a single bed.
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Synonyms individual
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Synonyms exclusive, undivided
Derivation singleness


judging a contest with a single eye.
a single devotion to duty.
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Synonyms unmarried


sex and the single girl.
single parenthood.
are you married or single?.
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Synonyms bingle
Type of base hit, safety
Has types line-drive single, line single
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Synonyms 1, ace, i, one, unity
Type of figure, digit
Has types monas, monad, singleton
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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.
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a single legal code for all.
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Type of hit


the batter singled to left field.
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single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals.

Examples of single

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Not a single day passes in Egypt without more than one suicide attempt reported.
From the abcnews.go.com
The biggest single factor in the game will be our ability to handle their press.
From the stltoday.com
That has seen the party's popularity plummet to single figures in opinion polls.
From the thenewstribune.com
In such cases, the accused can be convicted on the testimony of a single Muslim.
From the washingtontimes.com
Arencibia homered, Lind hit an RBI single and John McDonald had a sacrifice fly.
From the thenewstribune.com
My son is in Pre-K now and they are doing very advanced things every single day.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It is wrong to single out a segment of society, like smokers, for tax increases.
From the omaha.com
Ryan Zimmerman drove in Bernadina with a single to left to push the lead to 4-0.
From the washingtontimes.com
Washington tied it in the bottom of the first on Adam LaRoche's single to right.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
  • Individual: being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
  • Hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"
  • One: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
  • Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"
  • Unmarried: not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
  • In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball (thus becoming a runner) and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out. ...
  • In the sport of cricket, a single is scored when the batsman take one run, either following a successful shot (with the run attributed to the on-strike batsman) or when running for a bye or leg bye (counted as an extra).
  • Single is an upcoming film created by Duck in a Truck Productions and . It stars Wilder Shaw, Ezra Edmond, Julian Timm, Mark Donica, and Kristina Plisko. It was directed by Edmond & Shaw, and was produced by Edmond. Single was filmed in the summer of 2009 throughout Los Angeles, CA. ...