SINGLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does single mean?
• SINGLE (noun)
The noun SINGLE has 2 senses:
1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
2. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Familiarity information: SINGLE used as a noun is rare.
• SINGLE (adjective)
The adjective SINGLE has 7 senses:
1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person
2. used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
3. existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
4. not married or related to the unmarried state
5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
6. having uniform application
7. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
Familiarity information: SINGLE used as an adjective is common.
• SINGLE (verb)
The verb SINGLE has 1 sense:
1. hit a single
Familiarity information: SINGLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SINGLE (noun)
Meaning:
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bingle; single
Hypernyms ("single" is a kind of...):
base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "single"):
line single; line-drive single (a single resulting from a line drive)
Meaning:
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
1; ace; one; unity; single; I
Context examples:
he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it / they had lunch at one
Hypernyms ("single" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "single"):
monad; monas (a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive)
singleton (a single object (as distinguished from a pair))
• SINGLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Synonyms:
individual; single
Context examples:
individual drops of rain / please mark the individual pages / they went their individual ways
Similar:
singular (being a single and separate person or thing)
respective; several; various (considered individually)
man-to-man; one-on-one (being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player)
individualist; individualistic (marked by or expressing individuality)
idiosyncratic (peculiar to the individual)
Also:
separate (independent; not united or joint)
Attribute:
individualism; individuality; individuation (the quality of being individual)
Meaning:
Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
Context example:
single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
double (used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements)
Meaning:
Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
Context examples:
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
Similar:
one-member; uninominal (based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature))
unary (consisting of or involving a single element or component)
sui generis (constituting a class of its own; unique)
singular; unique (the single one of its kind)
lone; lonesome; only; sole; solitary (being the only one; single and isolated from others)
one-man; one-person; one-woman (designed for or restricted to a single person)
azygos; azygous (occurring singly; not one of a pair)
Antonym:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
Meaning:
Not married or related to the unmarried state
Synonyms:
unmarried; single
Context examples:
unmarried men and women / unmarried life / sex and the single girl / single parenthood / are you married or single?
Similar:
widowed (single because of death of the spouse)
unwed; unwedded (of someone who has not been married)
mateless (of someone who has no marriage partner)
divorced (of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved)
Also:
unmated (not mated sexually)
Meaning:
Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Synonyms:
individual; separate; single
Context examples:
an individual serving / single occupancy / a single bed
Similar:
unshared (not shared)
Meaning:
Having uniform application
Context example:
a single legal code for all
Similar:
uniform; unvarying (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences)
Meaning:
Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
Synonyms:
undivided; exclusive; single
Context examples:
judging a contest with a single eye / a single devotion to duty / undivided affection / gained their exclusive attention
Similar:
concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)
• SINGLE (verb)
Meaning:
Hit a single
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the batter singled to left field
Hypernyms (to "single" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s