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single 1, adjective (oh)



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1 ?one?
2 every single
3 not a single
4 the single biggest/greatest etc
5 ?not married?
6 single bed/room etc
7 ?ticket?
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[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin singulus]
?ONE?
[only before noun] only one
::A single tree gave shade from the sun.
::They won the game by a single point.
::the highest price ever paid for a single work of art
::a single-sex school (=one for only boys or girls)
every single
used to emphasize that you are talking about every person or thing
::Don't write down every single word I say.
::He works every single day.
not a single
no people or things at all
::The plane was brought down safely and not a single passenger was killed.
::We didn't get a single reply to the advertisement.
the single biggest/greatest etc
used to emphasize that you are talking about the one thing that is the biggest, greatest etc
::Cigarette smoking is the single most important cause of lung cancer.
::Tourism is the country's single biggest earner.
?NOT MARRIED?
not married, or not involved in a romantic relationship with anyone
::The changes in tax rates will benefit single people the most.
::Is he single?
single bed/room etc
a bed, room etc that is meant to be used by one person only
::You have to pay extra for a single room.
?TICKET?
BrE a single ticket etc is for a trip from one place to another but not back again
-synonym one-way one-way
-see also return return, round-trip round-trip