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Adjective single has 8 senses
- single - 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"
Antonyms: multiple, aggregate, bigeminal, binary, doubled, duple, double, dual, twofold, duplex, manifold, multiplex, ternary, triplex, treble, threefold, triple, triune, quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, quaternate, quaternary, quintuple, fivefold, sextuple, sixfold, septuple, sevenfold, octuple, eightfold, nonuple, ninefold, tenfold, denary
- single - 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"
Antonym: double
- unmarried, single - 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?"
- individual, separate, single - characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"
Antonym: shared (indirect, via unshared)
- single - having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"
Antonym: multiform (indirect, via uniform)
- single, undivided, exclusive - 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"
Antonym: distributed (indirect, via concentrated)
- single - involved two individuals; "single combat"
Antonym: common (indirect, via individual)
- separate, single - individual and distinct; "pegged down each separate branch to the earth"; "a gift for every single child"
Antonym: common (indirect, via individual)
Noun single has 2 senses
- single - a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
--1 is a kind of base hit, safety, bingle
--1 has particulars: line-drive single, line single
- one, 1, I, ace, single, unity - 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"
--2 is a kind of digit, figure
--2 has particulars: monad, monas; singleton
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