single
adjective
[ ˈsɪŋɡ(ə)l ]
• only one; not one of several.
• "a single red rose"
Similar:
one,
one only,
sole,
lone,
solitary,
isolated,
by itself,
unique,
exclusive,
unaccompanied,
by oneself,
alone,
solo,
odd,
• unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship.
• "a single mother"
Similar:
unmarried,
unattached,
free,
available,
eligible,
young,
and single,
footloose and fancy free,
unwed,
unwedded,
wifeless,
husbandless,
spouseless,
partnerless,
a bachelor,
on the shelf,
a spinster,
sole,
• consisting of one part.
• "the studio was a single large room"
• free from duplicity or deceit; ingenuous.
• "a pure and single heart"
single
noun
• an individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group.
• a hit for one run.
• (especially in tennis and badminton) a game or competition for individual players, not pairs or teams.
• a system of change-ringing in which one pair of bells changes places at each round.
single
verb
• choose someone or something from a group for special treatment.
• "one newspaper was singled out for criticism"
Similar:
select,
pick out,
fix on,
choose,
decide on,
target,
earmark,
mark out,
distinguish,
differentiate,
separate out,
set apart/aside,
put aside,
cull,
• thin out (seedlings or saplings).
• "hand hoes are used for singling roots"
• reduce (a railway track) to a single line.
• "the South Western line was singled west of Salisbury"
• hit a single.
• "Cohen singled to centre"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’.
