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sin⋅gle⋅ness

[sing-guhl-nis]
–noun
the state or quality of being single.

Origin:
1520–30; single + -ness
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sin·gle   (sĭng'gəl)   
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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Baseball A hit by which a batter reaches first base safely; a one-base hit.

  5. 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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