adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to unmarried people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a singles bar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
singles
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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name
Meaning 2
plural of Single
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
plural of single
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
Examples
- He hit three singles last game, two the game before that.
- The band's first single became a hit record.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A game between individual players.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Synonym of tubulars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tubulars
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
third-person singular simple present indicative of single
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
tennis played with one person on each side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tennis, lawn tennis
noun
Meaning 8
badminton played with one person on each side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: badminton
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: individuals — sports: game between two individuals
- Czech: dvouhra — sports: game between two individuals
- Finnish: kaksinpeli — sports: game between two individuals
- Hungarian: egyes — sports: game between two individuals
- Irish: cluiche singil — sports: game between two individuals
- Irish: cluiche dólámhach — sports: game between two individuals
- Japanese: シングルス (shingurusu) — sports: game between two individuals
- Korean: 단식 (dansik) — sports: game between two individuals
- Māori: tokorua — sports: game between two individuals
- Norwegian Bokmål: singel — sports: game between two individuals
- Norwegian Bokmål: single — sports: game between two individuals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: singel — sports: game between two individuals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: single — sports: game between two individuals
- Polish: singel — sports: game between two individuals
- Polish: singiel — sports: game between two individuals
Real reading context