noun
Meaning 1
The property of being single.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
singleness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being single.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of concentrating on one central objective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his singleness of purpose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assiduity, assiduousness, concentration
noun
Meaning 4
without hypocrisy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the singleness of his motives could not be questioned
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: straightforwardness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sincerity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English single Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English singleness From single + -ness.