single

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
2. (not-comparable) Not divided in parts.
3. (not-comparable) Designed for the use of only one.
4. (not-comparable) Performed by one person, or one on each side.
5. (not-comparable) Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
6. (not-comparable) Having only one rank or row of petals.
7. (not-comparable, obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
8. (not-comparable) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
9. (not-comparable, obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.

Noun

1. A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
2. A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
3. One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
4. A score of one run.
5. A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
6. A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
7. (US, informal) A bill valued at $1.
8. (UK) A one-way ticket.
9. (Canadian) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone.
10. (in-plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
11. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
12. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A handful of gleaned grain.
13. A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
14. A shot of only one character.
15. A single cigarette.
16. (obsolete) Synonym of single-driver.

Verb

1. To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
2. To thin out.
3. To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
5. (archaic, intransitive) To take alone, or one by one; to single out.
6. (transitive) To reduce (a railway) to single track.

Opposite of

album, married

Synonyms

unmarried

sole

alone

only

individual

one

solitary

unique

bachelor

singular

unwed

only one

separate

isolated

celibate

simple

lone

lonely

odd

exclusive

lonesome

odd number

undivided

unaccompanied

unitary

free

🆓

widower

common

bingle

widow

unattached

unmarried person

bill

unoccupied

united

uncommitted

spinster

ticket

🎫

vacant

simplex

solid

floating

orphan

one-man

one-time

particular

man

👨

loose

maiden

list

Translations

célibataire

singolo

seul

soltero

único

celibe

solo

ledig

solo

einzig

simple

nubile

unico

allein

Single

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪŋɡl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: single

Cognate with Latin: simplex

In summary

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.

Sentences

It was due to be released as a single , but this never happened .

Almost every single concert was sold out at the time .

It was preceded by a single for the track " Side Streets ".

There isn't even a single reason for me to go to the lake today .

The single " Bystander " was released with the announcement of the album .

" Jane " was released as a single on Shifty Disco .