SINGLE
\sˈɪŋɡə͡l], \sˈɪŋɡəl], \s_ˈɪ_ŋ_ɡ_əl]\
Definitions of SINGLE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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hit a one-base hit, in baseball
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a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
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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?"
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(botany; of flowers) having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"
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existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "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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involved two individuals; "single combat"
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having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
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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?"
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existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "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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involved two individuals; "single combat"
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having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"
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hit a one-base hit
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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"
By Princeton University
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One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
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Alone; having no companion.
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Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
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Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
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Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
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Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
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Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
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To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
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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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To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
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A unit; one; as, to score a single.
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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 hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
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A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
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Alone; having no companion.
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Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
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Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
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Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
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Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
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Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
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To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
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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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To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
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A unit; one; as, to score a single.
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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 hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
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A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
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Consisting of one only; separate; alone; unaided; unmarried; performed by one person; having only one on each side; as, single combat; sincere; honest; having only one row of petals; as, a single tulip.
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To select (one person or thing) from others: with out or from.
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A unit; one.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Consisting of one only: individual: separate: alone: unmarried: not combined with others: unmixed: having one only on each side: straightforward: sincere: simple: pure.
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To separate: to choose one from others: to select from a number.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Separate; consisting of one only; individual; unmarried; uncompounded; alone; not double; with one on each side; undivided; pure; simple.
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To separate; to select; to choose one from others. Single flower, when there is only one on a stem.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
