single
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
How often you will meet it
Rank 774 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,883 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- being or characteristic of a single thing or person also: individual individual drops of rainplease mark the individual pages
- 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
- existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual upon the hill stood a single towerhad but a single thought which was to escape
- not married or related to the unmarried state also: unmarried unmarried men and womenunmarried life
- characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing also: individual an individual servingsingle occupancy
- having uniform application a single legal code for all
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base also: bingle
single in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Be sincere, and remember that one single lie may cost your life.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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It is, perhaps, the most critical single day of the four years' course at the University.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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I can't believe you did this thing, even unconsciously, until I'm shown proof without a single flaw.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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No one in the dining-room knew what might have taken place in the other room; and a single word might be treason.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1