Single vs. Singular
Single and Singular Definitions
Single
Not accompanied by another or others; solitary.
Singular
Being only one; individual; lone
A singular tree in the meadow.
Single
Consisting of one part, aspect, or section
A single thickness.
A single serving.
Singular
Being the only one of a kind; unique
"Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" (Barack Obama).
Single
Having the same application for all; uniform
A single moral code for all.
Singular
Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable
"Dinners with [our two friends] became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure" (David Halberstam).
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Single
Consisting of one in number
She had but a single thought, which was to escape.
Singular
Strange or unusual
"I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Single
Not divided; unbroken
A single slab of ice.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
Single
Separate from others; individual and distinct
Every single child will receive a gift.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
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Single
Having individual opponents; involving two individuals only
Single combat.
Singular
(Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
Single
Honest; undisguised
A single adoration.
Singular
The singular number or a form designating it.
Single
Wholly attentive
You must judge the contest with a single eye.
Singular
A word having a singular number.
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Single
Designed to accommodate one person or thing
A single bed.
Singular
Being only one of a larger population.
A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
Single
Not married or involved in a romantic relationship
Once he knew she was single, he asked her to go out.
Singular
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
She has a singular personality.
Single
Relating to a state of being unmarried or uninvolved in a romantic relationship
Enjoys the single life.
Singular
Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
A man of singular gravity or attainments
Single
(Botany) Having only one rank or row of petals
A single flower.
Singular
Out of the ordinary; curious.
It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
Single
One that is separate and individual.
Singular
(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
Single
Something capable of carrying, moving, or holding one person or thing at a time, as a bed or a hotel room.
Singular
Having no inverse.
Single
A person who is not married or involved in a romantic relationship.
Singular
Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
Single
Singles Such persons considered as a group
A bar for singles.
Singular
Not equal to its own cofinality.
Single
A one-dollar bill.
Singular
(law) Each; individual.
To convey several parcels of land, all and singular
Single
A phonograph record, especially a forty-five, having one song on each side.
Singular
(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
Single
A song on one of these sides.
Singular
(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
Single
A song, often from a full-length album or compact disc, that is released for airplay.
Singular
(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
Single
(Baseball) A hit enabling the batter to reach first base. Also called one-bagger, one-base hit.
Singular
Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.
And God forbid that all a companyShould rue a singular man's folly.
Single
A hit for one run in cricket.
Singular
Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.
Single
A golf match between two players.
Singular
Existing by itself; single; individual.
The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.
Single
Often singles A tennis or badminton match between two players.
Singular
Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
Single
Singles A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.
Singular
Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; - opposed to dual and plural.
Single
To cause (a base runner) to score or advance by hitting a single
Singled him to second.
Singular
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
So singular a sadnessMust have a cause as strange as the effect.
Single
To cause the scoring of (a run) by hitting a single.
Singular
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
Single
To hit a single.
Singular
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; - often implying disapproval or censure.
His zealNone seconded, as out of season judged,Or singular and rash.
To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.
Single
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.
Singular
Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
Single
Not divided in parts.
The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
Singular
An individual instance; a particular.
Single
Designed for the use of only one.
A single room
Singular
The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
Single
Performed by one person, or one on each side.
A single combat
Singular
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
Single
Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.
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.
Singular
Unusual or striking;
A remarkable sight
Such poise is singular in one so young
Single
(botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
Singular
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Single
(obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
Singular
Being a single and separate person or thing;
Can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?
Every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind
Single
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
Singular
Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
Single
(obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
Singular
The single one of its kind;
A singular example
The unique existing example of Donne's handwriting
A unique copy of an ancient manuscript
Certain types of problems have unique solutions
Single
(music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
Single
(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
Single
One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
Single
(cricket) A score of one run.
Single
(baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
Single
(dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
Single
A bill valued at $1.
I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
Single
(UK) A one-way ticket.
Single
(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.
Single
A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
Single
One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
Single
A handful of gleaned grain.
Single
A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
Single
(film) A shot of only one character.
Single
A single cigarette.
Single
Synonym of single-driver.
Single
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.
Single
(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.
Single
(agriculture) To thin out.
Single
(of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
Single
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Single
To take alone, or one by one; to single out.
Single
(transitive) To reduce (a railway) to single track.
Single
One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest.
Single
Alone; having no companion.
Who single hast maintained,Against revolted multitudes, the causeOf truth.
Single
Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
Single chose to live, and shunned to wed.
Single
Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
Single
Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.
Single
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound.
Single
Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
I speak it with a single heart.
Single
Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.
Single
To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark.
His blood! she faintly screamed her mindStill singling one from all mankind.
Single
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
An agent singling itself from consorts.
Single
To take alone, or one by one.
Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
Single
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; - said of a horse. See Single-foot.
Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed.
Single
A unit; one; as, to score a single.
Single
The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
Single
A handful of gleaned grain.
Single
A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.
Single
A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
Single
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
Single
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
Single
Hit a one-base hit
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
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
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?
Single
Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
An individual serving
Separate rooms
Single occupancy
A single bed
Single
Having uniform application;
A single legal code for all
Single
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
Single
Involved two individuals;
Single combat
Single
Individual and distinct;
Pegged down each separate branch to the earth
A gift for every single child
