single

Everyday

1. Single means only one, not two or more. tree →
2. «Not a single» means none at all. tree →
3. A single room or bed is for one person. tree →
4. Single means not married. tree →
5. A single ticket (UK) is for going one way only, not there and back. tree →
6. A single is a song sold on its own; singles is a game of tennis with one player on each side. tree →
7. Single can be used after "every" to stress that each one is included, with none left out. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: one item (a single ticket); single and double rooms; «not a single» means zero. Everyday: single file (one behind another), single-use plastic, a single parent. Sport: singles and doubles in tennis.

Examples

• A single ticket costs $3. tree →
• Not a single apple was left. tree →
• A hotel has 10 single rooms and 8 double rooms. tree →
• How much do 5 single tickets cost? tree →
• Walk in single file along the narrow path. tree →
• She did not say a single word. tree →
• Try to avoid single-use plastic bags. tree →
• He won the singles final. tree →
• He'll catch them, every single one!" tree →

Note

Means one; «not a single» means zero. Single rooms hold 1 person, doubles 2. Trap: «not a single one left» means 0. Trap: a UK «single» ticket is one way; a «return» is there and back.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, the "single" letters are the twelve simple letters, which have only one sound. In the primary lessons: Maths: one item (a single ticket); single and double rooms; «not a single» means zero. Everyday: single file (one behind another), single-use plastic, a single parent. Sport: singles and doubles in tennis.

Examples

• The foundations are the twenty-two letters, three mothers, seven double, and twelve single letters. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Prophets 2SA.22.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Writings PSA.18.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.' (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Means one; «not a single» means zero. Single rooms hold 1 person, doubles 2. Trap: «not a single one left» means 0. Trap: a UK «single» ticket is one way; a «return» is there and back.