single meaning
EN
[ˈsɪŋɡl] [-ɪŋɡəl] 
US WSingle
- Single may refer to:
- In music:
- Single (music), a song release
- "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song)
- "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song)
- In sports:
- Single (baseball), the most common type of base hit
- Single (cricket), point in cricket
- Single (football), Canadian football point
- In other fields:
- Single (mathematics) (1-tuple), a list or sequence with only one element
- "Single", a slang term for a United States one-dollar bill
- Single (bet), a type of bet made on one selection
- Single (locomotive), a steam locomotive with a single pair of driving wheels
- NounPLsingles
- A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
- A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually has at least one extra track.
- The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
- One who is not married.
- He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
- (cricket) A score of one run.
- (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
- (dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
- A bill valued at $1.
- I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
- (Britain) A one-way ticket.
- (Canadian football) 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. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
- (tennis, chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
- One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A handful of gleaned grain.
- A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
- VerbSGsinglesPRsinglingPT, PPsingled
- To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
- Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
- Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
- (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
- Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.
- (agriculture) To thin out.
- (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
- To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
- To take alone, or one by one.
- To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
- Adjective
- Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.
- Not divided in parts.
- The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
- Designed for the use of only one.
- a single room
- Performed by one person, or one on each side.
- a single combat
- Not married, and also not dating.
- Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
- Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
- (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
- OBS Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
- Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
- OBS Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
- Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- 2007 Barrie Segal, "The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell" The postman in question was parked on a single yellow line with parking-time restrictions.
- eleted all Outlook Contacts, created one single testentry synced it - worked - than restored the Contacts, tried it again - worked too.
- This time it was Celtic who were forced to hit on the break and when they did, they singled out Broadfoot.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of single in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "single" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.