Meaning

6 senses

  1. 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.

  2. To thin out.

  3. To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.

  4. (transitive)To reduce (a railway) to single track.

  5. (archaic, intransitive)To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

  6. (archaic, intransitive)To take alone, or one by one; to single out.

    hit a single

Examples

1613 sentences

  1. I don't have a single enemy.

    В мене немає жодного ворога. — shanghainese

    ruУ меня нет ни одного врага. — marafon

    deIch habe nicht einen einzigen Feind. — flitz

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  2. I haven't missed a single meeting.

    Я не пропустив жодної зустрічі. — deniko

    ruЯ не пропустил ни одной встречи. — marafon

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  3. Are both of you still single?

    Ви обидва все ще неодружені? — deniko

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  4. I thought Tom was still single.

    Я думав, Том все ще неодружений. — deniko

    ruЯ думал, Том всё ещё не женат. — marafon

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  5. Tom said that he was single.

    Том сказав, що він неодружений. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что не женат. — marafon

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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

singles, singling, singled, singled
Base formsingle · to single
3rd person singularsingles
Present participlesingling
Past simplesingled
Past participlesingled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysingle
he, she, itsingles

Past simpleLesson

all personssingled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave singled
he, she, ithas singled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill single

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

86 related words
RelatedsoloB2doubleB2pairA1coupleA2trioB2twinB1multipleB2twofoldtriplethreefoldquadruplefourfoldquintuplepentuplefivefoldlonersingletonmonadtwosomeduodyadthreesometriadtroika
Derivedsingle outunsingled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
singA1singeC2singerA1singlysingularA2singularity
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