single

1. Being or characteristic of a single thing or person (synset 300495505)
   "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
   also: separate - independent; not united or joint
   tells us about: individualism, individuality, individuation - the quality of being individual
   similar to:

   • idiosyncratic - peculiar to the individual
   • individualist, individualistic - marked by or expressing individuality
   • man-to-man, one-on-one - being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
   • respective, several, various - considered individually
   • singular - being a single and separate person or thing
   same as: individual
2. Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals (synset 302228429)
   "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals"
   referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
3. Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual (synset 302221616)
   "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"
   similar to:

   • azygos, azygous - occurring singly; not one of a pair
   • one-man, one-person, one-woman - designed for or restricted to a single person
   • lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary - being the only one; single and isolated from others
   • singular, unique - the single one of its kind
   • sui generis - constituting a class of its own; unique
   • unary - consisting of or involving a single element or component
   • one-member, uninominal - based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature)
4. Not married or related to the unmarried state (synset 301485535)
   "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
   also: unmated - not mated sexually
   similar to:

   • divorced - of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
   • mateless - of someone who has no marriage partner
   • unwed, unwedded - of someone who has not been married
   • widowed - single because of death of the spouse
   same as: unmarried
5. Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing (synset 302160589)
   "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"
   similar to: unshared - not shared
   same as: individual
6. Having uniform application (synset 301973805)
   "a single legal code for all"
   similar to: uniform, unvarying - always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
7. Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective (synset 300541609)
   "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention"
   similar to: concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse
   same as: exclusive, undivided

1. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base (synset 100133421)
   is a type of: base hit, safety - (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
   subtypes: line single, line-drive single - a single resulting from a line drive
   same as: bingle
2. The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number (synset 113764713)
   "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
   is a type of: digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
   subtypes:

   • monad, monas - a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
   • singleton - a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
   same as: 1, ace, i, one, unity

1. Hit a single (synset 201412028)
   "the batter singled to left field"
   referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
   is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking

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