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[ˈsɪŋɡl], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- only one; not one of several
(e.g: a single red rose)
- unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship
(e.g: a single mother)
- consisting of one part
(e.g: the studio was a single large room)
- free from duplicity or deceit; ingenuous
(e.g: a pure and single heart)
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Origin
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Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’
[ˈsɪŋɡl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group
- a hit for one run
- (especially in tennis and badminton) a game or competition for individual players, not pairs or teams
- a system of change-ringing in which one pair of bells changes places at each round
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’
[ˈsɪŋɡl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- choose someone or something from a group for special treatment
(e.g: one newspaper was singled out for criticism)
- thin out (seedlings or saplings)
(e.g: hand hoes are used for singling roots)
- reduce (a railway track) to a single line
(e.g: the South Western line was singled west of Salisbury)
- hit a single
(e.g: Cohen singled to centre)
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Origin
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Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’
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