single

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noun

1 CD, tape, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ best-selling, hit, smash

▪ number-one, top-ten

▪ debut, first

▪ lead, lead-off (AmE)

▪ ‘Breathe’ is the lead-off single from the album.

▪ breakthrough

▪ Following the success of their breakthrough single, a follow-up is planned.

▪ comeback (esp. BrE)

▪ the classic comeback single from Take That

▪ current, latest, new

▪ dance, pop

▪ catchy (informal)

▪ Her catchy first single was a hit.

VERB + SINGLE

▪ play

▪ The radio stations play her new single several times a day.

▪ record

▪ The band has yet to record a hit single.

▪ produce

▪ put out, release (sth as)

▪ They put out a single in time for Christmas.

▪ The band later released this album track as a single.

▪ feature, include

▪ Her new album features her single ‘Georgia Rain’.

SINGLE + VERB

▪ come out

SINGLES + NOUN

▪ singles chart

▪ number one in the singles chart

▪ singles collection, singles compilation

▪ a 19-track singles collection

PHRASES

▪ single by

▪ It was voted the best single by a solo artist.

▪ single from

▪ the new single from the band

2 singles in tennis

ADJECTIVE

▪ junior, men's, women's

VERB + SINGLES

▪ play

▪ I prefer playing singles to doubles.

▪ win

▪ She won the junior singles.

SINGLES + NOUN

▪ championship, final, match, tournament

▪ champion, player

▪ title

PHRASES

▪ in the single

▪ She decided not to play in the singles.

3 (BrE) ticket

VERB + SINGLE

▪ buy, get

▪ I got a single to Birmingham.

PREPOSITION

▪ single to

▪ A single to Stratford, please.
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adj.

Single is used with these nouns: ↑adult, ↑bed, ↑bedroom, ↑bloom, ↑blow, ↑brandy, ↑bulb, ↑bullet, ↑burst, ↑carriageway, ↑category, ↑click, ↑combat, ↑copy, ↑cream, ↑crystal, ↑currency, ↑digit, ↑document, ↑dose, ↑drop, ↑duvet, ↑dwelling, ↑entity, ↑exception, ↑factor, ↑fare, ↑father, ↑figure, ↑focus, ↑friend, ↑garage, ↑girl, ↑individual, ↑instant, ↑item, ↑layer, ↑man, ↑market, ↑mattress, ↑molecule, ↑mother, ↑mum, ↑paragraph, ↑parent, ↑parenthood, ↑payment, ↑people, ↑person, ↑quote, ↑room, ↑row, ↑second, ↑sentence, ↑sheet, ↑shred, ↑soul, ↑source, ↑strand, ↑sweep, ↑syllable, ↑tear, ↑ticket, ↑track, ↑unit, ↑volume, ↑whisky, ↑whole, ↑woman, ↑year

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Synonyms:

Sole, one only / Particular, individual, separate / Unmarried, unwedded / Pure, simple, unmixed, uncompounded / Alone, solitary, isolated / Sincere, uncorrupt, unbiassed, upright, ingenuous, simple, honest, Choose, select, single out

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Single — Sin gle, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See {Simple}, and cf. {Singular}.] 1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Single — Sin gle, v. i. To take the irrregular gait called single foot; said of a horse. See {Single foot}. [1913 Webster] Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Single — Sin gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Singling}.] 1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. [1913 Webster] Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Single — Sin gle, n. 1. A unit; one; as, to score a single. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. [1913 Webster] 3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Law… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Single H — (單座工字型) is a 1980s design of public housing residential blocks in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. The floor plan has the shape of an H … Wikipedia
single — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English sengle, from Anglo French, from Latin singulus one only; akin to Latin sem one more at same Date: 14th century 1. a. not married b. of or relating to celibacy 2. unaccompanied by others ; lone, sole … New Collegiate Dictionary
single — See: EVERY SINGLE … Dictionary of American idioms
single — See: EVERY SINGLE … Dictionary of American idioms
Single parent — is a term that is mostly used to suggest that one parent has most of the day to day responsibilities in the raising of the child or children, which would categorize them as the dominant caregiver. The dominant caregiver is the parent in which the … Wikipedia

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