singles

sin·gle  (snggl)

adj.

1. Not accompanied by another or others; solitary.

2.

a. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section: a single thickness; a single serving.

b. Having the same application for all; uniform: a single moral code for all.

c. Consisting of one in number: She had but a single thought, which was to escape.

3. Not divided; unbroken: a single slab of ice.

4.

a. Separate from others; individual and distinct: Every single child will receive a gift.

b. Having individual opponents; involving two individuals only: single combat.

5.

a. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.

b. Wholly attentive: You must judge the contest with a single eye.

6. Designed to accommodate one person: a single bed.

7.

a. Unmarried.

b. Lacking a partner: a single parent.

c. Relating to the unmarried state: enjoys the single life.

d. Of or relating to celibacy.

8. Botany Having only one rank or row of petals: a single flower.

n.

1. One that is separate and individual.

2. An accommodation for one person, as in a hotel.

3.

a. An unmarried person.

b. singles Unmarried persons considered as a group: a bar for singles.

4. A one-dollar bill.

5.

a. A phonograph record, especially a forty-five, having one song on each side.

b. A song on one of these sides.

c. A song, often from a full-length album or compact disk, that is released for airplay.

6. Baseball A hit by which a batter reaches first base safely; a one-base hit.

7. Sports

a. A hit for one run in cricket.

b. A golf match between two players.

c. A tennis or badminton match between two players. Often used in the plural.

d. singles A competition in which individuals compete against each other, as in rowing or figure skating.

v. sin·gled, sin·gling, sin·gles

v.tr.

1. To choose or distinguish from others. Often used with out: We singled her out from the list of applicants.

2. Baseball

a. To cause (a base runner) to score or advance by making a one-base hit: singled him to second.

b. To cause the scoring of (a run) by a one-base hit.

v.intr. Baseball

To make a single.

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[Middle English sengle, from Old French, from Latin singulus; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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single·ness n.

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singles [ˈsɪŋg^əlz]

pl n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) (Individual Sports & Recreations / Badminton) Tennis badminton a match played with one person on each side

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	singles - badminton played with one person on each side badminton - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
	2.	singles - tennis played with one person on each side lawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

Translations

singles [ˈsɪŋg^əlz]

n (TENNIS) → simple m
the women's singles → le simple dames

npl (= single people) → célibataires mpl or fpl

modif

(TENNIS) [champion] → en simple; [championship, match] → de simple; [title] → en simple; [final] → du simple

(= for single people) [club] → de célibataires singles bar
singles bar n → bar m pour célibataires
singles chart n → classement m des meilleures ventes fpl de singles
single-sex [ˌsɪŋg^əlˈsɛks] adj [school, education, class] → non mixte
single-sided disk n (COMPUTING) → disque m simple face

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singles

n sing or pl (Sport) → Einzel nt; the singles finals → das Finale im Einzel; singles is more tiring → Einzel sind anstrengender

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singles [ˈsɪŋglz] npl

a. (Tennis) → singolo msg

b. (Am) (single people) → single m/fpl

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