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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
sin·gle       [sing-guhl] Pronunciation Key adjective, verb, -gled, -gling, noun
–adjective
1.only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
2.of, pertaining to, or suitable for one person only: a single room.
3.solitary or sole; lone: He was the single survivor.
4.unmarried: a single man.
5.pertaining to the unmarried state: the single life.
6.of one against one, as combat or fight.
7.consisting of only one part, element, or member: a single lens.
8.sincere and undivided: single devotion.
9.separate, particular, or distinct; individual: Every single one of you must do your best. It's the single most important thing.
10.uniform; applicable to all: a single safety code for all manufacturers.
11.(of a bed or bedclothes) twin-size.
12.(of a flower) having only one set of petals.
13.British. of standard strength or body, as ale, beer, etc. Compare double (def. 1).
14.(of the eye) seeing rightly.
–verb (used with object)
15.to pick or choose (one) from others (usually fol. by out): to single out a fact for special mention.
16.Baseball.
a.to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a one-base hit.
b.to cause (a run) to be scored by a one-base hit (often fol. by in or home).
–verb (used without object)
17.Baseball. to hit a single.
–noun
18.one person or thing; a single one.
19.an accommodation suitable for one person only, as a hotel room or a table at a restaurant: to reserve a single.
20.a ticket for a single seat at a theater.
21.British.
a.a one-way ticket.
b.a steam locomotive having one driving wheel on each side.
22.an unmarried person, esp. one who is relatively young.
23.Baseball. Also called one-base hit. a base hit that enables a batter to reach first base safely.
24.singles, (used with a singular verb) a match with one player on each side, as a tennis match.
25.Golf. twosome (def. 4).
26.Cricket. a hit for which one run is scored.
27.Informal. a one-dollar bill.
28.a phonograph record, CD, or cassette usually having two songs.
29.one of the songs recorded on a single.
30.Often, singles. Textiles.
a.reeled or spun silk that may or may not be thrown.
b.a one-ply yarn of any fiber that has been drawn and twisted.
[Origin: 1275–1325; late ME (adj.), ME sengle < OF < L singulus individual, single, (pl.) one apiece, deriv. of *sem- one (see simplex)]

—Synonyms 1. distinct, particular. 3. isolated. 4. unwed. 15. select. 18. individual.
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sin·gle       (sĭng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Not accompanied by another or others; solitary.
    1. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section: a single thickness; a single serving.
    2. Having the same application for all; uniform: a single moral code for all.
    3. Consisting of one in number: She had but a single thought, which was to escape.
    4. Separate from others; individual and distinct: Every single child will receive a gift.
    5. Having individual opponents; involving two individuals only: single combat.
    6. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.
    7. Wholly attentive: You must judge the contest with a single eye.
    8. Unmarried.
    9. Lacking a partner: a single parent.
    10. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.
    11. Of or relating to celibacy.
  3. Not divided; unbroken: a single slab of ice.
    1. Separate from others; individual and distinct: Every single child will receive a gift.
    2. Having individual opponents; involving two individuals only: single combat.
    3. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.
    4. Wholly attentive: You must judge the contest with a single eye.
    5. Unmarried.
    6. Lacking a partner: a single parent.
    7. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.
    8. Of or relating to celibacy.
    1. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.
    2. Wholly attentive: You must judge the contest with a single eye.
    3. Unmarried.
    4. Lacking a partner: a single parent.
    5. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.
    6. Of or relating to celibacy.
  6. Designed to accommodate one person: a single bed.
    1. Unmarried.
    2. Lacking a partner: a single parent.
    3. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.
    4. Of or relating to celibacy.
  8. Botany Having only one rank or row of petals: a single flower.

n.  
  1. One that is separate and individual.
  2. An accommodation for one person, as in a hotel.
    1. An unmarried person.
    2. singles Unmarried persons considered as a group: a bar for singles.
    3. A phonograph record, especially a forty-five, having one song on each side.
    4. A song on one of these sides.
    5. A song, often from a full-length album or compact disk, that is released for airplay.
    6. A hit for one run in cricket.
    7. A golf match between two players.
    8. A tennis or badminton match between two players. Often used in the plural.
    9. singles A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.
  4. A one-dollar bill.
    1. A phonograph record, especially a forty-five, having one song on each side.
    2. A song on one of these sides.
    3. A song, often from a full-length album or compact disk, that is released for airplay.
    4. A hit for one run in cricket.
    5. A golf match between two players.
    6. A tennis or badminton match between two players. Often used in the plural.
    7. singles A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.
  6. Baseball A hit by which a batter reaches first base safely; a one-base hit.
  7. Sports
    1. A hit for one run in cricket.
    2. A golf match between two players.
    3. A tennis or badminton match between two players. Often used in the plural.
    4. singles A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.

v.   sin·gled, sin·gling, sin·gles

v.   tr.
  1. To choose or distinguish from others. Often used with out: We singled her out from the list of applicants.
  2. Baseball
    1. To cause (a base runner) to score or advance by making a one-base hit: singled him to second.
    2. To cause the scoring of (a run) by a one-base hit.

v.   intr. Baseball
To make a single.


[Middle English sengle, from Old French, from Latin singulus; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.]

sin'gle·ness n.
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single  (adj.)
1303, "individual, unbroken, unmarried," from O.Fr. sengle "being one, separate," from L. singulus "one, individual, separate" (usually in pl. singuli "one by one"), from sim- (stem of simplus) + dim. suffix. Meaning "unaccompanied or unsupported by others" is from 1340. The verb meaning "to separate from the herd" (originally in deer-hunting, often with forth or out) is recorded from 1575. Single-handed is first attested 1709. Single-parent (adj.) is attested from 1969.

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single  (n.)
1486, "the middle or outer claw on the foot of a hawk or falcon," from single (adj.). Given various technical meanings from 16c. Sports sense is attested from 1851 (cricket), 1858 (baseball). Meaning "phonograph record with one song on each side" is from 1949. Meaning "unmarried person" is from 1964; singles bar attested from 1969. An earlier word for "unmarried or unattached person" is singleton (1937).

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single

adjective
1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" [syn: individual] [ant: common] 
2. 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" [ant: double] 
3. 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" [ant: multiple] 
4. 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?" [syn: unmarried] [ant: married] 
5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" [syn: individual] 
6. having uniform application; "a single legal code for all" 
7. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" 

noun
1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base 
2. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one] 

verb
1. hit a single; "the batter singled to left field" 

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single

In addition to the idioms beginning with single, also see each and every (every single).


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Single

The filing status used by a taxpayer who is unmarried and does not qualify for any other filing status.

Investopedia Commentary

Your filing status does affect your taxation bracket.

See also: Filing Status, Full-Time Student, Marital Deduction, Married Filing Jointly, Married Filing Separately

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Single

Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See Simple, and cf. Singular.]

1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. --Pope.

2. Alone; having no companion.

Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. --Milton.

3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. --Shak.

Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden.

4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. --Milton.

6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. --I. Watts.

7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

I speak it with a single heart. --Shak.

8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]

He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. --Beau. & Fl.

Single ale, beer, or drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.] --Nares.

Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. --Burril.

Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players.

Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File.

Single entry. See under Bookkeeping.

Single file. See under 1st File.

Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.

Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.

Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.

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Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singled; p. pr. & vb. n. Singling.]

1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.

Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. --Bacon.

His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. --More.

2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]

An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.

3. To take alone, or one by one.

Men . . . commendable when they are singled. --Hooker.

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Single

Sin"gle\, v. i. To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.

Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. --W. S. Clark.

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Single

Sin"gle\, n. 1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.

2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.

5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.

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