Single meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Adjective

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

2. Adjective

Alone; having no companion.

3. Adjective

Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

4. Adjective

Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

5. Adjective

Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

6. Adjective

Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

7. Adjective

Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

8. Adjective

Simple; not wise; weak; silly.

9. Verb

To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.

10. Verb

To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

11. Verb

To take alone, or one by one.

12. Verb

To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.

13. Noun

A unit; one; as, to score a single.

14. Noun

The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

15. Noun

A handful of gleaned grain.

16. Noun

A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.

17. Noun

A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.

18. Noun

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"

Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

19. Adjective

being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar