Meaning

5 senses
  1. A set of one, an item not part of a larger set

    A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.

  2. A quantum state having zero spin.

  3. A person who does not have a form of multiplicity; a single self or personality occupying one human body.

  4. A single piece of clothing

    (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, UK)A sleeveless buttonless shirt with a low-cut neck.

    Unterhemd, Trägerhemd

    ма́йкаmájka

    ма́йкаmájka

  5. A one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon, required in wrestling and powerlifting.

    Einteiler

More definitions
  • a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Rima always wore a singlet.

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  2. It was a sailor, bare-armed and bare-legged, in blue singlet and canvas trousers rolled to the knee.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt:
Русский
By meaning 1
vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt:
wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon:

Origin

From single + -let.

From single + -let.

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Forms

plural: singlets
Singularsinglet
Pluralsinglets

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body:vestundershirt

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

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