| ADJECTIVE | all | single, individual | being or characteristic of a single thing or person |
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| all | single | used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals | |
| all | single | existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual | |
| all | single, unmarried | not married or related to the unmarried state | |
| all | single, individual | characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing | |
| all | single | having uniform application | |
| all | single, undivided, exclusive | not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective | |
| NOUN | act | single, bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
| quantity | single, one, 1, I, ace, unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | |
| VERB | contact | single | hit a single |
| Sounds | sih'nggahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Being or characteristic of a single thing or person. | |
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| Synonym | individual | |
| Attribute of | individuality, individualism, individuation | The quality of being individual |
| Narrower | idiosyncratic | peculiar to the individual |
| individualist, individualistic | marked by or expressing individuality | |
| one-on-one, man-to-man | A system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player | |
| respective, several, various | Considered individually | |
| singular | A single and separate person or thing | |
| See also | separate | Independent |
| Opposite | common | Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole |
| Spanish | individual, único | |
| Catalan | individual | |
| Adverbs | singly | one by one |
| singly | apart from others | |
| Meaning | Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals. | |
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| Example | "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals" | |
| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Opposite | double | Used of flowers having more than the usual / usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements |
| Catalan | simple | |
| Meaning | Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual. | |
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| Narrower | azygous, azygos | Occurring singly |
| lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary | The only one | |
| one-man, one-person, one-woman | designed for or restricted to a single person | |
| singular, unique | The single one of its kind | |
| sui generis | constituting a class of its own | |
| unary | Consisting of or involving a single element or component | |
| uninominal, one-member | Based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature) | |
| Opposite | multiple | Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual |
| Meaning | not married or related to the unmarried state. | |
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| Synonym | unmarried | |
| Narrower | divorced | Of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved |
| mateless | Of someone who has no marriage partner | |
| unwed, unwedded | Of someone who has not been married | |
| widowed | Single because of death of the spouse | |
| See also | unmated | not mated sexually |
| Opposite | married | joined / joined in matrimony |
| Spanish | soltera, soltero | |
| Catalan | solter | |
| Meaning | characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. | |
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| Synonym | individual | |
| Broader | unshared | not shared / shared |
| Spanish | individual | |
| Meaning | Having uniform application. | |
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| Example | "a single legal code for all" | |
| Broader | uniform, unvarying | Always the same |
| Meaning | not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective. | |
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| Synonyms | undivided, exclusive | |
| Broader | concentrated | Gathered together or made less diffuse |
| Nouns | singleness | the quality of concentrating on one central objective |
| Meaning | A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base. | |
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| Synonym | bingle | |
| Narrower | line-drive single, line single | A single resulting from a line drive |
| Broader | base hit, safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
| Verbs | single | hit a single |
| Meaning | The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. | |
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| Synonyms | one, 1, I, ace, unity | |
| Narrower | monad, monas | A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive |
| singleton | A single object (as distinguished from a pair) | |
| Broader | digit, figure | One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration |
| Spanish | 1, dos, es, uno | |
| Catalan | 1, dos, u | |
| Meaning | hit a single. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "the batter singled to left field" | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
| Nouns | single | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
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