Meaning

16 senses
  1. A vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B, usually 7 inches in diameter and played at 45 RPM.

    Single

    синглsingl

  2. 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.

    Single, Singleauskopplung

    синглsingl

  3. One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.

    He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.

    Alleinstehender, Alleinstehende, Solomann

    холостя́кxolostják, незаму́жняя же́нщинаnezamúžnjaja žénščina, одино́чкаodinóčka

  4. A score of one run.

    He refused to take a single as the ball was dropped by his opponent's best fielder.

  5. A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.

    a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

  6. A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.

  7. (US, informal)A bill valued at $1.

    I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.

    Einer

  8. (UK)A one-way ticket.

  9. (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.

  10. (in the plural)A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.

  11. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

  12. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A handful of gleaned grain.

Examples

1613 sentences
  1. I don't have a single enemy.

    В мене немає жодного ворога.

    ruУ меня нет ни одного врага.

    deIch habe nicht einen einzigen Feind.

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  2. I haven't missed a single meeting.

    Я не пропустив жодної зустрічі.

    ruЯ не пропустил ни одной встречи.

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  3. Are both of you still single?

    Ви обидва все ще неодружені?

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  4. I thought Tom was still single.

    Я думав, Том все ще неодружений.

    ruЯ думал, Том всё ещё не женат.

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  5. Tom said that he was single.

    Том сказав, що він неодружений.

    ruТом сказал, что не женат.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
45 RPM vinyl record:
one who is not married:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
45 RPM vinyl record:
popular song:
one who is not married:
bill valued at $1:

Origin

From Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin si

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.

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Forms

plural: singles
Singularsingle
Pluralsingles

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base:bingle
  • the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number:one1Iaceunity

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • still single
  • is still single
  • a single word
  • both still single
  • wasn't a single
  • are both single
  • a single person
  • single all his
  • missed a single
  • single word
  • to stay single
  • both single

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
single — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto