1. Not married; related to the unmarried state
   "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?";
   - unmarried
    
2. Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
   "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"
    
3. Being or characteristic of one particular part of many
   "single drops of rain";
   - individual, case-by-case, item-by-item
    
4. Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
   "single occupancy"; "a single bed";
   - individual
    
5. 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, exclusive
    
6. Having uniform application
   "a single legal code for all"
    
7. (botany) 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"

1. (baseball) hit a single
   "the batter singled to left field"

1. An unmarried person or someone without a partner
   "events for singles"
    
2. One measure, esp. of a drink of spirits
   "a single of whisky"
    
3. A popular song released and sold (on any format) on its own; a featured song with some others
   "The band's latest single topped the charts for weeks"
    
4. [Brit] A one-way ticket
   "He bought a single to London for his business trip"
    
5. A room (e.g. in a hotel) for one person
   "Do you have a single for tonight?";
   - single room
    
6. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
   "He hit a single to left field";
   - bingle [informal]
    
7. [US, informal] A piece of paper money worth one dollar
   "He pulled a crumpled single bill from his jeans pocket";
   - dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck [informal], clam [US, informal]

Derived forms: singling, singled, singles

See also: azygos, azygous, concentrated, divorced, idiosyncratic, individualism, individualist, individualistic, individuality, individuation, lone, lonesome, man-to-man, mateless, one-man, one-member, one-of-a-kind, one-on-one, one-person, one-woman, only, respective, separate, several, singular, sole, solitary, sui generis, unary, uniform, uninominal, unique, unmated, unshared, unvarying, unwed, unwedded, various, widowed

Type of: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill [N. Amer], banknote, base hit, bill [N. Amer], Federal Reserve note [US], government note [US], greenback [US, informal], hit, note, safety

Antonym: common, double, married, multiple

Encyclopedia: Single, Out