Meaning

11 senses
  1. A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.

    the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt

  2. A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.

  3. A single object, especially one of a group.

    элеме́нтelemént

    a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

  4. A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.

    Singleton

  5. A set with exactly one element.

    einelementige Menge, Einermenge

    a set containing a single member

  6. A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.

    singleton preterm birth

  7. A person without a romantic partner.

  8. A person without a dissociative identity.

  9. A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.

    singleton sonorants

  10. Synonym of blot.

  11. A class offered only once within a school year.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
single object:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
computing: class:
math: set:

Origin

From single + -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.

From single + -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.

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Forms

plural: singletons
Singularsingleton
Pluralsingletons

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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