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single en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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(General-American) audio
/ˈsɪŋɡəl/ (General-American)
/ˈsɪŋɡl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
- The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.
- Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement. 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
(not-comparable) Not divided in parts.
- The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
(not-comparable) Designed for the use of only one.
- a single room
(not-comparable) Performed by one person, or one on each side.
- These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, […] / Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
- a single combat
(not-comparable) Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
- Now I live a single life and I find it's another world / I'm not even the same, I'm a different girl / Yesterday I was somebody's baby / Now today I'm a woman on my own 1986, Phyllis Hyman, “Living All Alone”, in Living All Alone:
- Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
- To undergo such maiden pilgrimage. But earthlier happy is the rose distilled Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
(not-comparable) Having only one rank or row of petals.
(not-comparable, obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
- 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, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke xj:
- I speak it with a single heart. 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
(not-comparable) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
- simple ideas are opposed to complex , and single ideas to compound. 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
- The most that is required is, that the passage of Scripture, selected as the foundation of the sacred oration, should, like the oration itself, be single, full, and unsuperfluous in its character. 1867, William Greenough Thayer Shedd, Homiletics, and Pastoral Theology, page 166:
(not-comparable, obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
- He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. 1616–1618, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Queene of Corinth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene i:

Translations (205)

sv odelad (not divided in parts) · pt solteiro (not married nor dating) · ja 一倍 (not accompanied by anything else) · fa یک (not accompanied by anything else) · vo selibik (not married nor dating) · pdt lädich (not married nor dating) · sh sam (not accompanied by anything else) · ga singil (designed for the use of only one) · ms bujang (not married nor dating) · nds ledig (not married nor dating) · pt particular (not accompanied by anything else) · grc ἄνανδρος (not married nor dating) · de solo (not married nor dating) · evn halta beyi (not married nor dating) · it unico (not divided in parts) · ca soltera (not married nor dating) · gl enteiro (not divided in parts) · pt unitário (not divided in parts) · de single (not married nor dating) · it intero (not divided in parts) · mi tōtahi (not accompanied by anything else) · de ledig (not married nor dating) · ga aonartha (not accompanied by anything else) · pl wolny (not married nor dating) · ms tunggal (designed for the use of only one) · sq vetëm (not accompanied by anything else) · th โสด (not married nor dating) · sdc vagiànu (not married nor dating) · eo unuopa (not accompanied by anything else) · it solo (not accompanied by anything else) · he רַוָּק (not married nor dating) · cy sengl (not married nor dating) · fa یک دانه (not accompanied by anything else) · fa تک (not divided in parts) · de einzel (designed for the use of only one) · cmn 單 /单 (not accompanied by anything else) · th เดียว (not accompanied by anything else) · pl niezamężna (not married nor dating) · la singulus (not accompanied by anything else) · it (donna) nubile (not married nor dating) · ar وَاحِد (not divided in parts) · sv enhetlig (not divided in parts) · sv enda (not accompanied by anything else) · pt único (not accompanied by anything else) · de vereint (not divided in parts) · es solo (not accompanied by anything else) · de einzig (not accompanied by anything else) · grc ἁπλόος (not accompanied by anything else) · ru еди́ный (not divided in parts) · ro individual (designed for the use of only one) · txb ṣemeske (not accompanied by anything else) · de gemeinsam (not divided in parts) · ms bujang (not accompanied by anything else) · ja 単独 (not divided in parts) · tr yekpare (not divided in parts) · hy չամուսնացած (not married nor dating) · he פָּנוּי (not married nor dating) · ru для одного́ (designed for the use of only one) · yi ליידיק (not married nor dating) · it single (not married nor dating) · co singulu (not accompanied by anything else) · tr tek kişilik (designed for the use of only one) · el ανύπαντρος (not married nor dating) · bg еди́нствен (not accompanied by anything else) · sat ᱮᱠᱚ (not accompanied by anything else) · gl solteiro (not married nor dating) · nds leddig (not married nor dating) · bg сам (not married nor dating) · pl cały (not divided in parts) · ru одино́кий (not married nor dating) · ro întreg (not divided in parts) · ro nedivizat (not divided in parts) · txb ṣeske (not accompanied by anything else) · fi jakamaton (not divided in parts) · ota بكار (not married nor dating) · yue 單 /单 (not accompanied by anything else) · ro porționat (designed for the use of only one) · ga aonarach (not accompanied by anything else) · it singolo (not accompanied by anything else) · de allein (not accompanied by anything else) · ru одина́рный (designed for the use of only one) · ga aonarúil (not accompanied by anything else) · grc ὅλος (not divided in parts) · bg единичен (designed for the use of only one) · gl soa (not accompanied by anything else) · ro celibatar (not married nor dating) · de einheitlich (not divided in parts) · ar غَيْر مُتَزَوِّج (not married nor dating) · pl nieżonaty (not married nor dating) · pl jednolity (not divided in parts) · lb onbestuet (not married nor dating) · sv enkel (designed for the use of only one) · tr bekâr (not married nor dating) · cs svobodný (not married nor dating) · ru еди́нственный (not accompanied by anything else) · pl jeden (not divided in parts) · cs samotný (not accompanied by anything else) · tr boydak (not married nor dating) · ca solter (not married nor dating) · pl jednoosobowy (designed for the use of only one) · ar أَحَادِيّ (not accompanied by anything else) · sc solteri (not married nor dating) · sc éniu (not married nor dating) · hy ամուրի (not married nor dating) · ro separat (designed for the use of only one) · tr tek (not accompanied by anything else) · ar أَعْزَب (not married nor dating) · cmn 單獨 /单独 (not accompanied by anything else) · eo ununura (not accompanied by anything else) · fi yksi (not divided in parts) · ro necăsătorit (not married nor dating) · fa یگانه (not divided in parts) · vi độc thân (not married nor dating) · ru одна́ (not accompanied by anything else) · it singolo (designed for the use of only one) · tpi wanpis (not accompanied by anything else) · cmn 單身 /单身 (not married nor dating) · ota یالڭز (not accompanied by anything else) · sv ensamstående (not married nor dating) · es soltero (not married nor dating) · ro neîmpărțit (not divided in parts) · fa واحد (not divided in parts) · pl jeden (not accompanied by anything else) · sh sam (not married nor dating) · hi वाहिद (not divided in parts) · ang ānlīepe (not accompanied by anything else) · ja 独身 (not married nor dating) · grc ἄγαμος (not married nor dating) · de einzeln (not accompanied by anything else) · ro unit (not divided in parts) · fi yksi (not accompanied by anything else) · ca sol (not accompanied by anything else) · fa تکی (designed for the use of only one) · mi marohi (not divided in parts) · it solo (not married nor dating) · cmn 獨身 /独身 (not married nor dating) · mi takakau (not married nor dating) · sv enkel (botany: having only one rank or row of petal) · ro singular (designed for the use of only one) · grc μόνος (not accompanied by anything else) · ro burlac (not married nor dating) · ja 一重 (not accompanied by anything else) · pl pojedynczy (designed for the use of only one) · pt particular (designed for the use of only one) · prg aīnunts (not accompanied by anything else) · fi yhden hengen (designed for the use of only one) · fa یکدونه (not accompanied by anything else) · km លីវ (not married nor dating) · co solu (not accompanied by anything else) · ja 未婚 (not married nor dating) · ru це́лый (not divided in parts) · fr célibataire (not married nor dating) · ro unitar (not divided in parts) · tr bütün (not divided in parts) · es único (not accompanied by anything else) · fur sengul (not accompanied by anything else) · it scapolo (not married nor dating) · he יָחִיד (not accompanied by anything else) · it (uomo) celibe (not married nor dating) · pt inteiro (not divided in parts) · es solo (not divided in parts) · ca únic (not accompanied by anything else) · km នៅលីវ (not married nor dating) · fa سینگل (not married nor dating) · cs jednotlivý (not accompanied by anything else) · ru оди́н (not accompanied by anything else) · nl alleenstaand (not married nor dating) · ca escàpol (not married nor dating) · sh neoženjen (not married nor dating) · fi naimaton (not married nor dating) · ota اركن (not married nor dating) · ru нежена́тый (not married nor dating) · de alleinstehend (not married nor dating) · bg единен (not divided in parts) · el μονόκλινο (designed for the use of only one) · sv enstaka (not accompanied by anything else) · hi अविवाहित (not married nor dating) · sc bagadìu (not married nor dating) · tr yegâne (not accompanied by anything else) · ga díomhaoin (not married nor dating) · sv ogift (not married nor dating) · de einzig (not divided in parts) · gl só (not accompanied by anything else) · ca simple (not divided in parts) · ru холосто́й (not married nor dating) · yue 單獨 /单独 (not accompanied by anything else) · fi sinkku (not married nor dating) · tpi wanpela (not accompanied by anything else) · sc bayanu (not married nor dating) · fi yksittäinen (not accompanied by anything else) · es señero (not accompanied by anything else) · de unverheiratet (not married nor dating) · fr seul (not accompanied by anything else) · pt solitário (not accompanied by anything else) · fa یکنفره (designed for the use of only one) · hi अकेला (not accompanied by anything else) · la caelebs (not married nor dating) · cmn 未婚 (not married nor dating) · nl enkel (not accompanied by anything else) · ru незаму́жняя (not married nor dating) · tpi wanpis (not divided in parts) · ro singur (not accompanied by anything else) · ja 独り (not married nor dating) · ga singil (not married nor dating) · pl pojedynczy (not accompanied by anything else)

single en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
(General-American) audio
/ˈsɪŋɡəl/ (General-American)
/ˈsɪŋɡl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular.

Meanings

A vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B, usually 7 inches in diameter and played at 45 RPM.
A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
- The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
- He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
A score of one run.
- He refused to take a single as the ball was dropped by his opponent's best fielder.
A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
(US, informal) A bill valued at $1.
- I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
- She looked in her purse, found a ten and a single, gave him the ten. ‘I'll spend it on booze,’ he said. 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 94:
(UK) A one-way ticket.
- ‘I want to know, Mr Stone, if, in the course of the day, you have issued any tickets to a person dressed in Arab costume?’ His reply was prompt. ‘I have — by the last train, the 7.25, — three singles.’ 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
(Canadian) 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-plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
- After tea, Mrs. Inglethorp went to lie down to rest before her efforts in the evening and I challenged Mary Cavendish to a single at tennis. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 18:
One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal) A handful of gleaned grain.
A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
- If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats. 2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing, page 214:
A shot of only one character.
- But if the same scene is shot in singles (or “over-the-shoulder” shots where one of the actors is only a lumpy shoulder in the foreground), the editor and the director can almost redirect the scene on film. 1990, Jon Boorstin, The Hollywood Eye: What Makes Movies Work, page 94:
A single cigarette.
(obsolete) Synonym of single-driver.
- A few such examples have been preserved, as is well known, such as one of the Stirling 8-ft. singles of the late Great Northern Railway, the Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro, ex-Caledonian single-driver No. 123, the Brighton 0-4-2 Gladstone, and others. 1945 March and April, “Preserving Historic Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
singles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

album · married

Coordinates

double

Deriveds

triple single · maxi single · lead single · split single · singles bar · ringle · CD single · Texas League single · vingle · cassingle · bingle

Descendants

singiel · single · 싱글 · single · シングル · Single · single · single · singel · sinkku · single

Relateds

cricket · baseball

Synonyms

single-driver · rouge

Translations (116)

pt solteiro (one who is not married) · de Junggeselle (one who is not married) · sdn vaggjànu (one who is not married) · co singolu (popular song) · gl solteiro (one who is not married) · pl panna (one who is not married) · ko 독신 (one who is not married) · sv singel (one who is not married) · sdc vagiànu (one who is not married) · nb singel (45 RPM vinyl record) · sv ensamstående (one who is not married) · eo unuopaĵo (popular song) · pt single (45 RPM vinyl record) · pl kawałek (popular song) · ja 独身 (one who is not married) · sh singl (one who is not married) · ru незаму́жняя же́нщина (one who is not married) · de Alleinstehender (one who is not married) · de Solomann (one who is not married) · sco single (popular song) · pl singel (popular song) · pl singel (one who is not married) · fi single (popular song) · ru сингл (45 RPM vinyl record) · de Hagestolz (one who is not married) · sc solteri (one who is not married) · ko 싱글 (popular song) · de Jungfrau (one who is not married) · ar إصدار منفرد (popular song) · ar أغنية منفردة (popular song) · de Single (45 RPM vinyl record) · sh singl (45 RPM vinyl record) · id singel (45 RPM vinyl record) · fi sinkku (one who is not married) · nn singel (45 RPM vinyl record) · ja 単打 (baseball: hit) · sv ogift (one who is not married) · gl solteira (one who is not married) · cmn 單曲 /单曲 (popular song) · bg ерген (one who is not married) · ko 1루타 (baseball: hit) · it nubile (one who is not married) · ko 독신자 (one who is not married) · fr simple (baseball: hit) · fr simple (popular song) · fr single (popular song) · bg сингъл (popular song) · fi sinkku (45 RPM vinyl record) · nn singelplate (45 RPM vinyl record) · es sencillo (popular song) · hu kislemez (45 RPM vinyl record) · eo unuopaĵo (45 RPM vinyl record) · de Einer (bill valued at $1) · pt single (popular song) · sc bagadìu (one who is not married) · ca batada d'una base (baseball: hit) · ckb تاک دۆلاری (bill valued at $1) · es soltero (one who is not married) · fi naimaton (one who is not married) · nl vrijgezel (one who is not married) · mi takakau (45 RPM vinyl record) · it singolo (popular song) · fi sinkku (popular song) · bg сингъл (45 RPM vinyl record) · vi đĩa đơn (popular song) · de Single (popular song) · nn single (45 RPM vinyl record) · scn singulu (popular song) · hi सिंगल (one who is not married) · fi single (45 RPM vinyl record) · ga singil (45 RPM vinyl record) · de Single (one who is not married) · bg мома (one who is not married) · cmn 單打 /单打 (baseball: hit) · sc bayanu (one who is not married) · hi अविवाहित (one who is not married) · fr célibataire (one who is not married) · fa تکآهنگ (popular song) · sc éniu (one who is not married) · hu kislemez (popular song) · es sencillo (45 RPM vinyl record) · ar عَزَب (one who is not married) · de Junggesellin (one who is not married) · pl singiel (popular song) · pl singiel (one who is not married) · pl kawaler (one who is not married) · ja シングル (popular song) · ru холостя́к (one who is not married) · fa سینگل (one who is not married) · de Singleauskopplung (popular song) · ar سنقل (popular song) · nb single (45 RPM vinyl record) · nb singelplate (45 RPM vinyl record) · cmn 獨身者 /独身者 (one who is not married) · nl single (45 RPM vinyl record) · ru одино́чка (one who is not married) · cs single (one who is not married) · ko 싱글 (45 RPM vinyl record) · ca single (45 RPM vinyl record) · sv singel (popular song) · sv singel (45 RPM vinyl record) · ja シングル (45 RPM vinyl record) · es soltera (one who is not married) · ru сингл (popular song) · sh singl (popular song) · ga singil (popular song) · de Solofrau (one who is not married) · de Alleinstehende (one who is not married) · ko 단타 (baseball: hit) · id tembang (45 RPM vinyl record) · bg еднодоларова банкнота (bill valued at $1) · sh сингл (45 RPM vinyl record) · sh сингл (popular song) · cmn 單曲 /单曲 (45 RPM vinyl record) · it celibe (one who is not married) · pt solteira (one who is not married)

wikidata: Q134556

single en · VERB

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
(General-American) audio
/ˈsɪŋɡəl/ (General-American)
/ˈsɪŋɡl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Akin to Latin simplex (“simple”). See simple, and compare singular.

Meanings

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.
To thin out.
- Paul went joyfully, and spent the afternoon helping to hoe or to single turnips with his friend. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 7, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- The seeds did not germinate in many parts of a row until rains in end of June and thunderplumps in first week of July brought them up later in patches, so that no second sowing was necessary, but singling was done by stages. 1916, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 241:
(of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
- Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. 1860, William S. Clark, Massachusetts Agricultural College Annual Report:
(archaic, intransitive) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
- an agent singling itself from consorts [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
(archaic, intransitive) To take alone, or one by one; to single out.
- men […] commendable when they are singled [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
(transitive) To reduce (a railway) to single track.
- The Henley branch, recently singled and fully track-circuited, is worked by acceptance lever between Twyford and Shiplake cabins. 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: New signalbox at Twyford”, in Modern Railways, page 226:
- Sadly, it's not the quickest route as much of it has been singled, but it still boasts some attractive stations as well as an active Community Rail Partnership, one of the first in the country. 2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in RAIL, number 918, page 48:
- In the east of Yorkshire, Mr. A. M. Ross reports the belief of local railwaymen that the N.E.R. plans to single the York-Beverley line, leaving an adequate provision of passing loops, and to operate it by C.T.C. from York; […] 1959 June, “Talking of Trains: North Eastern report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 293:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
singled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
singled	Tense=Past	lexicographic
singling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
singles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Deriveds

unsingled · single out

Relateds

couple · centuplet · eightfold · twofold · tredecuplet · one of a hundred · heptad · quintuple · one of two · duodecuplet · septet · triplet · one of eight · solo · one of nine · trio · dyad · sevensome · twelvesome · sevenfold · centuple · one of four · ennead · triad · thirteensome · one of twelve · one of three · foursome · ninefold · nonet · multiplet · tenfold · eightsome · twelvefold · quadruple · septuple · nonuple · sextuplet · pentuple · singleton · elevenfold · quintuplet · tensome · twosome · hundredsome · twin · sixsome · singlet · one of seven · hextuplet · quintet · pentuplet · monad · elevensome · sextet · one of many · duo · troika · thirteenfold · septuplet · heptuplet · octuplet · threefold · one of six · hextuple · one of ten · double · undecuplet · single · loner · one of thirteen · ninesome · hendecuplet · fivefold · octet · octad · one of eleven · only one · quartet · decad · decet · decuplet · pair · quadruplet · sixfold · doublet · one of five · octuple · a hundredfold · fourfold · duodecuple · tredecuple · sextuple · triple · decuple · heptuple · undecuple · fivesome · multiple · nonuplet · threesome · tetrad · hexad · pentad · hendecuple

Translations (6)

fi valita (to identify or select one member of a group) · bg отделям (to identify or select one member of a group) · bg избера (to identify or select one member of a group) · bg отделя (to identify or select one member of a group) · fi poimia (to identify or select one member of a group) · bg избирам (to identify or select one member of a group)