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sin·gle

(sĭng′gəl)

adj.

1. Not accompanied by another or others; solitary.

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.

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

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

a. Honest; undisguised: a single adoration.

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

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

a. Not married or involved in a romantic relationship: Once he knew she was single, he asked her to go out.

b. Relating to a state of being unmarried or uninvolved in a romantic relationship: enjoys the single life.

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

1. One that is separate and individual.

2. Something capable of carrying, moving, or holding one person or thing at a time, as a bed or a hotel room.

a. A person who is not married or involved in a romantic relationship.

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

4. A one-dollar bill.

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 disc, that is released for airplay.

6. Baseball A hit enabling the batter to reach first base. Also called one-bagger, one-base hit.

7. Sports

a. A hit for one run in cricket.

b. A golf match between two players.

c. often singles A tennis or badminton match between two players.

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.

Baseball

a. To cause (a base runner) to score or advance by hitting a single: singled him to second.

b. To cause the scoring of (a run) by hitting a single.

v.intr. Baseball

To hit a single.

Phrasal Verb:

single out

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

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

sin′gle·ness n.

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Verb	1.	single out - select from a group; "She was singled out for her outstanding performance" choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
	2.	single out - treat differently on the basis of sex or race discriminate, separate isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" hive off - remove from a group and make separate; "The unit was hived off from its parent company" segregate - separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" redline - discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour - put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"

Translations

يَختَصُّه بِ، يَخْتارُه من بيْن

vybrat

udpege

auswählen

choisir

kiválogat

velja úr

seçmek

选出

w>single out

vt sep (= choose) → auswählen; victim, prey → sich (dat) → herausgreifen; (= distinguish, set apart) → herausheben (→ from über +acc); to single somebody out for special attention → jdm besondere Aufmerksamkeit zuteilwerden lassen; you couldn’t single any one pupil out as the best → es wäre unmöglich, einen einzelnen Schüler als den besten hinzustellen

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single

(ˈsiŋgl) adjective

1. one only. The spider hung on a single thread.

2. for one person only. a single bed/mattress.

3. unmarried. a single person.

4. for or in one direction only. a single ticket/journey/fare.

noun

1. a gramophone record with only one tune or song on each side. This group have just brought out a new single.

2. a one-way ticket.

ˈsingleness noun

ˈsingles noun plural

1. (also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side. The men's singles are being played this week; (also adjective) a singles match.

2. (especially American) unmarried (usually young) people. a bar for singles; (also adjective) a singles holiday/club.

ˈsingly adverb

one by one; separately. They came all together, but they left singly.

ˌsingle-ˈbreasted adjective

(of a coat, jacket etc) having only one row of buttons. a single-breasted tweed suit.

ˌsingle-ˈdecker noun, adjective

(a bus etc) having only one deck or level. a single-decker (bus).

ˌsingle-ˈhanded adjective, adverb

working etc by oneself, without help. He runs the restaurant single-handed; single-handed efforts.

single ˈparent noun

a mother or father who brings up a child or children on her or his own. a single-parent family.

single out

to choose or pick out for special treatment. He was singled out to receive special thanks for his help.