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Meaning
Adj
●
Not
accompanied
by
anything else
; one in number.
●
In People:
Not
divided
in parts.
●
Designed for the use of only one.
●
Performed by one person, or one on each side.
●
In People:
Not
married
, and (in
modern times
) not
dating
or without a significant other.
●
In Botany:
Having only one
rank
or
row
of petals.
●
Simple and
honest
;
sincere
, without deceit.
●
Uncompounded;
pure
; unmixed.
●
Simple;
foolish
;
weak
; silly.
Noun
●
In Music:
A 45 RPM
vinyl record
with one
song
on side
A and one
on side
B.
●
In Music:
A
popular
song
released
and
sold
(on any
format
)
nominally
on its own though usually
having at
least
one
extra
track.
●
In People:
One who is not
married
or does not have a
romantic
partner.
●
In Cricket:
A
score
of one run.
●
In Baseball:
A
hit
in
baseball
where the
batter
advances
to first base.
●
In Dominoes:
A
tile
that has a different value (i.e. number of
pips
) at each end.
●
In American English:
A
bill
valued
at $1.
●
In British English & One:
A
one-way
ticket.
●
In 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
.
●
In Tennis:
A
game
with one
player
on each
side
,
as in
tennis.
●
One of the
reeled
filaments
of
silk
,
twisted
without
doubling
to give them firmness.
●
In British English & Scottish English:
A
handful
of
gleaned
grain.
●
In Computing & Programming:
A
floating-point number
having
half
the
precision
of a double-precision value.
●
In Film:
A
shot
of only one character.
●
A
single
cigarette.
●
In Rail transportation:
Synonym of single-driver.
Verb
●
In Baseball:
To get a
hit
that
advances
the
batter
exactly
one base.
●
In Agriculture:
To
thin
out.
●
To take the
irregular
gait
called singlefoot.
●
In People:
To
sequester
; to
withdraw
; to retire.
●
To take alone, or
one by one
; to
single
out.
●
To reduce (a
railway
) to
single
track.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
single
English
sengle
Middle English (1100-1500)
sengle
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
singulus
Latin
simplex
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Lone
Sole
Unbroken
Undivided
Uniform
Unmarried
Unpartnered
Available
Rouge
Single-Driver
Individual
Unique
Sundry
Buck
One
Antonyms
Album
Married
Related
Second
Song
Third
Childless
Female
Album
Penny
Spell
Figure
Track
Point
Black
Hit
Male
Bail
Small
Pick
Find
Remix
Hollow
New
Tease
Debut
Separate
Multi
Banger
Mixtape
Knock
Unmarried
Carry
Solo
Max
Beat
Multiple
Triple
Select
Lonely
Freak
Fourth
Double
Standard
Movie
Voice
Star
Musician
Full
Cd
Rapper
Married
Ferret
Seek
Pull
Ep
Lash
Weed
Dole
Music Video
Studio Album
Home Run
Solo Album
More
Rhymes
Ingle
Tingle
Single
Mingle
Jingle
Kringle
Shingle
Atingle
Commingle
Intermingle
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