single

Adjective

• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
  • judging a contest with a single eye
    
  • a single devotion to duty
    
  • undivided affection
    
  • gained their exclusive attention
    

• having uniform application
  • a single legal code for all
    

• characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
  • an individual serving
    
  • single occupancy
    
  • a single bed
    

• not married or related to the unmarried state
  • unmarried men and women
    
  • unmarried life
    
  • sex and the single girl
    
  • single parenthood
    
  • are you married or single?
    

• existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
  • upon the hill stood a single tower
    
  • had but a single thought which was to escape
    
  • a single survivor
    
  • a single serving
    
  • a single lens
    
  • a single thickness
    

• used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
  • single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals
    

• being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  • individual drops of rain
    
  • please mark the individual pages
    
  • they went their individual ways
    

Verb

• hit a single
  • the batter singled to left field
    

Noun

• the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
    
  • they had lunch at one
    

• a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  single(a) , undivided , exclusive , individual , unmarried , one , 1 , I , ace , unity , bingle
• Antonyms: 
  married , multiple , double , common