Tra từ single - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sin·gle [single singles singled singling] adjective, noun, verb BrE [ˈsɪŋɡl] NAmE [ˈsɪŋɡl]
adjective

ONE
1. only before noun only one
• He sent her a single red rose.
•a single-sex school (= for boys only or for girls only)
• All these jobs can now be done by one single machine.
•I couldn't understand a single word she said!
•the European single currency, the euro
• (BrE)a single honours degree (= for which you study only one subject)

FOR EMPHASIS
2. only before noun used to emphasize that you are referring to one particular person or thing on its own
• Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates.
• We eat rice every single day.

NOT MARRIED
3. (of a person)not married or having a romantic relationship with sb
• The apartments are ideal for single people living alone.
• Are you still single?
see also ↑single parent

FOR ONE PERSON
4. only before noun intended to be used by only one person
•a single bed/room
•a single sheet (= large enough for a single bed)
compare ↑double _adj. (³)

TICKET
5. only before noun (BrE) (also one-way NAmE, BrE)a single ticket, etc. can be used for travelling to a place but not back again
•a single ticket
• How much is the single fare to Glasgow?
compare ↑return _n. (⁷)
see (in) Indian/single file at ↑file _n., at a (single) glance at ↑glance _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’.

Thesaurus:
single adj.
1. only before noun
•What is the single most important factor here?
individual • • particular • • specific • • separate • • distinct •
a/an single/individual/particular/specific/separate/distinct category/region
a single/particular/specific/separate event/incident/occasion
a single/particular/specific/distinct objective/purpose
2.
•The apartments are ideal for single people living alone.
unmarried • • divorced • • widowed • • separated • |especially BrE, especially written lone •
Opp: married
a single/unmarried/divorced/widowed/separated/lone man/woman/parent/mother/father

Example Bank:
•Marriage breakdown is common and there are a large number of single-parent families.
•Unemployment is the single most important factor in the rising crime rates.
•We eat rice every single day.
Derived: ↑single somebody out

noun

TICKET
1. countable (BrE)a ticket that allows you to travel to a place but not back again
• How much is a single to York?
compare ↑return _n. (⁷)

MUSIC
2. countable a piece of recorded music, usually popular music, that consists of one song; a CD that a single is recorded on
• The band releases its new single next week.
compare ↑album

ROOM
3. countable a room in a hotel, etc. for one person
• Singles are available from £50 per night.
compare ↑double _n. (⁵)

MONEY
4. countable (NAmE)a bill/note that is worth one dollar
compare ↑double _n. (⁵)

UNMARRIED PEOPLE
5. singlesplural people who are not married and do not have a romantic relationship with sb else
• They organize parties for singles.
•a singles bar/club

IN SPORT
6. singlesuncountable + singular or plural verb (especially in ↑tennis)a game when only one player plays against one other; a series of two or more of these games
•the women's singles champion
•the first round of the men's singles
•a singles match
•She's won three singles titles this year.
compare ↑doubles _n. (⁶)
7. countable (in ↑cricket)a hit from which a player scores one ↑run (= point)
8. countable (in ↑baseball)a hit that only allows the player to run to ↑first base

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’.

Example Bank:
•A single to Stratford, please.
•Following the success of their breakthrough single, a follow-up is planned.
•Her catchy first single was a hit.
•Her new album features her single ‘Georgia Rain’.
•I got a single to Birmingham.
•I prefer playing singles to doubles.
•It was voted the best single by a solo artist.
•She decided not to play in the singles.
•She was in her room playing her singles.
•She won the junior singles.
•The band has yet to record a hit single.
•The band later released this album track as a single.
•The radio stations play her new single several times a day.
•They put out a single in time for Christmas.
•number one in the singles chart
•the classic comeback single from Take That
•the new single from the band ‘Therapy?’

verb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’.

See also: ↑one-way