Definitions for singles

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singles sin·gle

Spelling: [sing-guh l]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋ gəl/

Singles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in singles (egilnss).

Definitions for singles

noun

1. one person or thing; a single one.
2. an accommodation suitable for one person only, as a hotel room or a table at a restaurant:
3. a ticket for a single seat at a theater.
4. British. a one-way ticket. a steam locomotive having one driving wheel on each side.
5. singles, people who are unmarried or not in a romantic relationship, especially if relatively young:
6. Baseball.. Also called one-base hit. a base hit that enables a batter to reach first base safely.
7. singles, (used with a singular verb) a match with one player on each side, as a tennis match.
8. Golf. twosome (def 4).
9. Cricket. a hit for which one run is scored.
10. Informal. a one-dollar bill.
11. Music. a phonograph record, CD, or cassette usually having two songs: one of the songs recorded on a single: a song released or promoted separately from the rest of the album to which it belongs:
12. Often, singles. Textiles. reeled or spun silk that may or may not be thrown. a one-ply yarn of any fiber that has been drawn and twisted.

adjective

1. only one in number; one only; unique; sole:
2. of, relating to, or suitable for one person only:
3. solitary or sole; lone:
4. unmarried or not in a romantic relationship:
5. pertaining to the unmarried state:
6. of or noting a parent who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
7. of one against one, as combat or fight.
8. consisting of only one part, element, or member:
9. sincere and undivided:
10. separate, particular, or distinct; individual:
11. uniform; applicable to all:
12. (of a bed or bedclothes) twin-size.
13. (of a flower) having only one set of petals.
14. British. of standard strength or body, as ale, beer, etc. Compare double (def 1).
15. (of the eye) seeing rightly.

verb (used with object)

1. to pick or choose (one) from others (usually followed by out):
2. Baseball. to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a one-base hit. to cause (a run) to be scored by a one-base hit (often followed by in or home).

verb (used without object)

1. Baseball. to hit a single.

Origin of singles

1275-1325; late Middle English (adj.), Middle English sengle Old French Latin singulus individual, single (usually in the plural singuli one apiece), derivative of *sem- one (see Examples for singles

He singles out his generals, Madalinski and Zajonczek, for praise.

The song did indeed become an underground hit before hitting the mainstream, reaching No. 15 on the RB singles chart.

Few, indeed, could do it properly, though the singles of some were very neat.

To risk eye contact with any of the above is to forfeit all singles in your wallet.

Our church tends to attract a younger crowd of singles and families with small children.

Words like ‘singles’ and ‘meet new people’ are prominent in the ads, as are pictures of laughing women.

Her singles were perfectly round, and as flat at the top as if laid with a plummet.

Is he praying, or cursing, because three singles are scored off his son's first three balls?

Into the pocket goes a pair of all-beef hot dogs (singles are also available).

Among the human race it singles out one; and to that one it is faithful.