single
[ˈsɪŋɡl]
Definition:
1. Only one.
2. Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing.
3. Not married or having a romantic relationship with someone.
'single' example sentence:
- A single shot rang out.
- Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme.
- Are you still single?
- We eat rice every single day.
- It would be foolish to generalize from a single example.
- Virtually all surface and near-surface terrestrial water occurs and moves as part of a single vast hydrologic system.
- The bedroom was lit by a single candle.
- Inflation is down to single figures.
- Most single parents are either divorced or separated.
- She is very single-minded about her career.
- Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized.
- How much is a single to York?
- How much is the single fare to Glasgow?
- Our first single got a lot of airplay.
- She lived and died a single woman.
- The stairwell was lit by a single bulb.
- These countries can no longer be viewed as a single entity.
- There is a £ 10 supplement for a single room.
- People that are single tend to be more footloose.
- I can't remember his taking a single day off work.
- Is it difficult being a single mother?
- The single is a rip-off of a 70s hit.
- I couldn't understand a single word she said!
- Her latest single is a ballad.
- The band's last single shot straight to number one in the charts.
- He sent her a single red rose.
- Is that a single or a double you want?
- The bridge crosses the river in a single span.
- Every single time he calls, I'm out.
- The two companies have been fused into a single organization.
- All these jobs can now be done by one single machine.
- Their latest single sounds suspiciously like the last one.
- The single is titled "White Love."
- Small businesses are well situated to benefit from the single market.
- When will the single currency be operable?
- Their latest single represents a new departure for the band.
- He felled his opponent with a single blow.
- She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.
- They agglomerated many small pieces of research into a single large study.
- The proportion of single parent families varies between different income groups.
- The band releases its new single next week.
- Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.
- The number of people who fail each year is now in single figures.
- The group let rip with a single from their new album.
- Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates.
- A single red LED shows that the power is switched on.
- They won by a single goal after extra time.
- They made their way in single file along the cliff path.
- The apartments are ideal for single people living alone.
- It isn't going to solve a single thing.
- They opened a single store in Europe to test out the market.
- Single words are the building blocks of language.