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single

1. sin.gle \'sin-g*l\ aj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L singulus one only; akin to L 
   sem- one - more a]t SAME 1a: UNMARRIED  1b: of or relating to celibacy  2: 
   LONE, SOLITARY  3a1: consisting of or having only one part, feature, or 
   portion {~  consonants} 3a2: consisting of one as opposed to or in contrast 
   with many : UNIFO RM {~ standard} 3a3: consisting of only one in number 
   {holds to a ~ ideal}  3b: having but one whorl of petals or ray flowers {a 
   ~ rose}  4a: consisting of a separate unique whole : INDIVIDUAL {each @ 
   citizen} 4b: of, relating to, or involving only one person  5a: FRANK, 
   HONEST {a ~ devotion}  5b: exclusively attentive {an eye ~ to the truth}  
   6: UNBROKEN, UNDIVIDED  7: man to man  8: having no equal or like : 
   SINGULAR  9: designed for the use of one person or family only {a ~ room}  
   LAR: SINGLE implies being unaccompanied by or unsupported by any other; 
   SOLE applies to the only one that exists, acts, or receives action; UNIQUE 
   applies to the only one of its kind or character in existence; SEPARATE 
   stresses discreteness and disconnection from every other one; SOLITARY 
   implies being both single and isolated; PARTICULAR implies numerical 
   distinctness from other instances, examples, or members of a class SYN syn 
   SOLE, UNIQUE, SEPARATE, SOLITARY, PARTICU 
2. single n 1: a separate individual person or thing  2: ONE-BASE HIT  pl  
   3a: a tennis match or similar game with one player on each side  3b: a golf 
   match between two players 
3. single \'sin-g(*-)lin\ vb or sin.gling 1: to select or distinguish (a 
   person or thing) from a number or group  2a: to advance (a base runner in 
   baseball) by a one-base hit  2b: to bring about the scoring of (a run in 
   baseball) by a one-base hit  : to make a one-base hit in baseball