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single | American Dictionary
single adjective [not gradable] (ONE)
single adjective [not gradable] (SEPARATE)
single adjective [not gradable] (NOT MARRIED)
single noun [C] (DOLLAR BILL)
A single is a one-dollar bill.
single noun [C] (PERSON WHO IS NOT MARRIED)
(Definition of single from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of single
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In that case the grammar would have a phonotactic filter permitting /0/ to form nuclei only with _single_-x nonconsonantal melodies.
This would provide a qualitative description of the mixing of _single_-particle and collective effects.
Analysis of single channel records indicate that the effect is to favor transition to a substate rather than to physically alter the conductance pathway.
In terms purely of logic and expediency, the argument in favour of a single language is difficult to oppose.
The census returns indicate that many of those single solitaries - though some of the married ones also - were inmigrants.
It is difficult to find a single refugee who thinks that they will be returning home any time in the near future.
The mapping between surface and lexical levels is reduced to a single function call and two simple conversions from text to binary, and vice versa.
Each point represents the mean values of these 2 variables measured on 2 large hooks from each of 10 protoscoleces from a single isolate.
The net free energy change then represents the difference between several large-value terms, and no single component can be said to dominate.
The surface density of streptavidin molecules was sufficiently small that each of the pinning sites represented a single streptavidin-biotin cross-bridge.
The text is unique, as it represents the work of a single author, who cogently articulates a systematic approach to psychiatry.
The selection of a single lexical candidate is thus either random or based on frequency or familiarity of the lexical forms.
The single observer visually estimated cover to the nearest 10% at ten randomly chosen points within a 5 m radius of each sampling position.
This single unified spirit is accorded multiple roles.
If there is no such syllable, the syllable with a single coda consonant is stressed.
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Collocations with single
These are words often used in combination with single.
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It is her sixth best-selling single in the country.
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It became the third consecutive single from the album to attain platinum status in the country.
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Although it failed to match the success of her debut single, the song was successful in many countries.
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