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Sounds | sih'nggahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual. |
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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 | azygous, azygos; one; one-man, one-person, one-woman; lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary; one; singular, unique; sui generis; unary; uninominal, one-member |
Contrary | multiple |
Adverbs | singly; singly |
Meaning | Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals. |
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Examples | "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals" |
Category | botany, phytology |
Contrary | double |
Meaning | Not married or related to the unmarried state. |
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Examples | "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?" |
Synonyms | unmarried |
Similar | divorced; mateless; unwed, unwedded; widowed |
See also | unmated |
Contrary | married |
Meaning | Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. |
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Examples | "single occupancy"; "a single bed" |
Synonyms | individual, separate |
Similar to | unshared |
Meaning | Having uniform application. |
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Examples | "a single legal code for all" |
Similar to | uniform, unvarying |
Meaning | Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective. |
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Examples | "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty" |
Synonyms | undivided, exclusive |
Similar to | concentrated |
Meaning | Involved two individuals. |
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Examples | "single combat" |
Similar to | individual |
Meaning | Individual and distinct. |
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Examples | "a gift for every single child" |
Synonyms | separate |
Similar to | individual |
Meaning | A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base. |
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Narrower | line-drive single, line single |
Broader | base hit, safety, bingle |
Verbs | single |
Meaning | The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. |
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Synonyms | one, 1, I, ace, unity |
Narrower | monad, monas; singleton |
Broader | digit, figure |
Meaning | Hit a one-base hit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Broader | hit |
Nouns | single |