single
1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base (Freq. 7) • Syn: bingle • Hypernyms: base hit, safety • Hyponyms: line-drive single, line single 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, 1, I, ace, unity • Hypernyms: digit, figure • Hyponyms: monad, monas, singleton
hit a single (Freq. 6) - the batter singled to left field • Topics: baseball, baseball game • Hypernyms: hit • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person (Freq. 74) - individual drops of rain - please mark the individual pages - they went their individual ways • Syn: individual • Ant: common (for: individual) • Similar to: idiosyncratic, individualist, individualistic, one-on-one, man-to-man, respective, several, various, singular • See Also: separate • Derivationally related forms: individuality (for: individual) • Attrubites: individuality, individualism, individuation 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 • Topics: botany, phytology 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 • Similar to: azygous, azygos, one-man, one-person, one-woman, lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary, singular, unique, sui generis, unary, uninominal, one-member 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 (for: unmarried) • Similar to: divorced, mateless, unwed, unwedded, widowed • See Also: unmated 5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing - an individual serving - single occupancy - a single bed • Syn: individual • Similar to: unshared 6. having uniform application - a single legal code for all • Similar to: uniform, unvarying 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 • Syn: undivided, exclusive • Similar to: concentrated • Derivationally related forms: singleness
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