single
/หsษชลษกษl/IPA: /S IH1 NG G AH0 L/
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A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
ant:album - 2
A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
โThe Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.โ
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One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
โHe went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.โ
ant:married - 4
A score of one run.
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A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
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A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
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A bill valued at $1.
โI don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.โ
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A one-way ticket.
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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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(chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
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One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
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A handful of gleaned grain.
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A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
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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.
โEddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.โ
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To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
โPedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.โ
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To thin out.
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(of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
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To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
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To take alone, or one by one.
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Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
โCan you give me a single reason not to leave right now?โ
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Not divided in parts.
โThe potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.โ
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Designed for the use of only one.
โa single roomโ
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Performed by one person, or one on each side.
โa single combatโ
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Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.
โForms 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".โ
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Having only one rank or row of petals.
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Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
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Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
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