The meaning of Single

adjective

Having no one else present.

Usage examples:

She was alone that evening

adverb

On one's own.

Usage examples:

He lives alone

adjective

Able to be used or obtained; at someone's disposal.

Usage examples:

Refreshments will be available all afternoon

verb

Pick out (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives.

Usage examples:

He chose a seat facing the door

verb

Reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter.

Usage examples:

He sees culling deer as a necessity

noun

A selective slaughter of animals.

Usage examples:

Fishermen are to campaign for a seal cull

verb

To collect parts or pieces of something to use for another purpose

Usage examples:

She went to strange lands to cull recipes for her book., to cull growing herds before they run out …

verb

Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.

Usage examples:

Children can differentiate the past from the present

verb

To show or find the difference between one thing and another, or between things that are compared

Usage examples:

[ t ] what differentiates wheat from other crops is that it is almost exclusively used as a food pr…

verb

To show how a product or company is different from other similar ones and what its advantages are, especially in order to attract a particular group of consumers

Usage examples:

Differentiate sth from sth the company wanted a website that would differentiate them from their co…

verb

Recognize or treat (someone or something) as different.

Usage examples:

The child is perfectly capable of distinguishing reality from fantasy

verb

To recognize or understand the difference between two things, or to provide a quality that makes someone or something different or special

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] it’s important to distinguish between scientific fact and fiction., [ t ] s…

verb

Designate (funds or resources) for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The cash had been earmarked for a big expansion of the programme

noun

A characteristic or identifying feature.

Usage examples:

This car has all the earmarks of a classic

adjective

Having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions.

Usage examples:

Customers who are eligible for discounts

adjective

Having the necessary qualities or fulfilling the necessary conditions

Usage examples:

An eligible voter, you have to be employed six months to be eligible for medical benefits., the mag…

adjective

Allowed to do or receive something because you satisfy certain conditions

Usage examples:

Eligible citizens/customers/employees the company will offer its 104,000 eligible employees a stock…

adjective

Excluding or not admitting other things.

Usage examples:

An exclusive focus on success and making money

noun

An item or story published or broadcast by only one source.

Usage examples:

The three media outlets that have broadcast or published exclusives about torture at abu ghraib - c…

adjective

Limited to only one person or group of people

Usage examples:

The pool is for the exclusive use of residents of springfield., an exclusive club

adjective

Able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another.

Usage examples:

I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free

adverb

Without cost or payment.

Usage examples:

Ladies were admitted free

verb

Release from confinement or slavery.

Usage examples:

They were freed from jail

adjective

Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Usage examples:

Isolated farms and villages

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

adjective

Having no companions; solitary or single.

Usage examples:

I approached a lone drinker across the bar

adjective

Being the only one in a place or situation; standing alone

Usage examples:

Her singing is backed by a lone piano.

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

pronoun

Referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified.

Usage examples:

Her mood changed from one of moroseness to one of joy

suffix

Forming nouns denoting various compounds, especially ketones.

Usage examples:

Acetone

cardinal number

The lowest cardinal number; half of two; 1.

Usage examples:

There's only room for one person

verb

Carefully choose as being the best or most suitable.

Usage examples:

Children must select their gcse subjects

adjective

(of a group of people or things) carefully chosen from a larger number as being the best or most valuable.

Usage examples:

He joined his select team of young intelligence operatives

verb

Pick out or choose from a number of alternatives

noun

The undersurface of a person's foot.

Usage examples:

The soles of their feet were nearly black with dirt

verb

Put a new sole on to (a shoe).

Usage examples:

He wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled

noun

A marine flatfish of almost worldwide distribution, important as a food fish.

Usage examples:

At a fish-and-chip shop called the balancing eel, a stone's throw from the quayside, cod, haddock, …

adjective

Done or existing alone.

Usage examples:

I live a pretty solitary life

noun

A recluse or hermit.

Usage examples:

He had something of the solitary about him

adjective

Being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choice

Usage examples:

I live a solitary life., he enjoys solitary walks in the wilderness.

adjective

Done by one person alone; unaccompanied.

Usage examples:

He released his second solo album

adverb

For or by one person alone.

Usage examples:

She'd spent most of her life flying solo

noun

A piece or passage of vocal or instrumental music for one performer.

Usage examples:

A blistering guitar solo

adjective

Of a person: having no spouse; bereaved or deprived of a spouse.

adjective

Characterized by the absence of a spouse.

noun

A person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.

Usage examples:

The airport terminal was the target of a bomb

verb

Select as an object of attention or attack.

Usage examples:

Two men were targeted by the attackers

verb

A reference point to shoot at

adjective

Having no companion or escort.

Usage examples:

No unaccompanied children allowed

adjective

Without anyone with you, or (of the voice or an instrument) sung or played without other musical instruments

Usage examples:

Unaccompanied teens were banned from the mall., the kids sang an unaccompanied version of "skylark."

adjective

Not working for or belonging to a particular body or organization.

Usage examples:

Local people unattached to any organization

adjective

Not joined or connected; independent

Usage examples:

An unattached woman

adjective

Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.

Usage examples:

The situation was unique in british politics

noun

A unique person or thing.

Usage examples:

Some of lamb's writings were so memorably beautiful as to be uniques in their class

The single one of its kind

adjective

Not married; single.

Usage examples:

An unmarried mother

adjective

Having no husband or wife

Usage examples:

Their youngest son is still unmarried.

adjective

Not married.

Usage examples:

An unwed teenage mother

adjective

(used especially in newspapers) not married

Usage examples:

An unwed mother

adjective

Not married.

Usage examples:

An unwed teenage mother

adjective

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

Usage examples:

A young girl

noun

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.

Usage examples:

Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective

(esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old

Usage examples:

Young children should not be left alone at home., i work with wonderful young people mostly in thei…