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Single

adjective

Being or characteristic of a single thing or person. Synonym: individual. "Please mark the individual pages" , "They went their individual ways"

Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals.

Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual. "Had but a single thought which was to escape" , "A single survivor" , "A single serving" , "A single lens" , "A single thickness"

Not married or related to the unmarried state. Synonym: unmarried. "Unmarried life" , "Sex and the single girl" , "Single parenthood" , "Are you married or single?"

Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. Synonym: individual. "Single occupancy" , "A single bed"

Having uniform application.

Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective. Synonyms: exclusive, undivided. "A single devotion to duty" , "Undivided affection" , "Gained their exclusive attention"

noun

A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base. Synonym: bingle.

The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. Synonyms: 1, ace, I, one, unity. "They had lunch at one"

verb

(past & past part. singled; pres. part. singling)

Hit a single.

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"Single" Quotes from Famous Books

... good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and uniform judgment. For Pompey could pardon the whole city of the Mamertines, though furiously incensed against it, upon the single account of the virtue and magnanimity of one citizen, Zeno,—[Plutarch calls him Stheno, and also Sthemnus and Sthenis]—who took the fault of the public wholly upon himself; neither entreated other favour, but alone to undergo the punishment for ...

— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

... recipient. What made Hugh's tutor-life irksome, was partly the excess of his desire to communicate, over the desire of his pupils to partake. But here there was no labour. All the questions were asked by the scholars. A single lesson had not passed, however, before David put questions which Hugh was unable to answer, and concerning which he was obliged to confess his ignorance. Instead of being discouraged, as eager questioners are very ready to be when they receive no answer, David merely ...

— David Elginbrod • George MacDonald

... as carefully hidden as a conspirator would a bomb under his cloak. It had grown to be as necessary to her to agree with the views and fashions of the majority as it was disquieting to her to see these contravened, or even for a single hour ignored. From the crown of her carefully dressed head to the tips of her pointed toes she was engaged in testifying her assent to the prevailing note. Despite all this to recommend her, she was not Lady John's ...

— The Convert • Elizabeth Robins

... single man; and what can you do against twenty ruffians?" asked the Kentucky girl, who still trembled, and did not seem to believe that the stalwart cavalryman could do anything to ...

— A Lieutenant at Eighteen • Oliver Optic

... when a dozen sympathetic murmurs addressed him, because he was not conscious of hearing a single voice. He stood silently, looking down at the twisted great knots of metal that had been the new presses, the great wave of soaked and half-burned newspapers that had been the last issue of the MAIL. The fire had been twenty-four ...

— The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne • Kathleen Norris

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