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Single Band ˈsɪŋɡl Player Hit Noun Bre York

Word single
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈsɪŋɡl / NAmE / ˈsɪŋɡl /
Example
  • how much is a single to york?
  • the band releases its new single next week.
  • singles are available from £50 per night.
  • they organize parties for singles.
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single

(noun)BrE / ˈsɪŋɡl / NAmE / ˈsɪŋɡl /
  1. a ticket that allows you to travel to a place but not back again
    • compare return
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/return_2
    • How much is a single to York?
  2. a piece of recorded music, usually popular music, that consists of one song; a CD that a single is recorded on
    • compare album
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/album
    • The band releases its new single next week.
  3. a room in a hotel, etc. for one person
    • compare double
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/double_4
    • Singles are available from £50 per night.
  4. a bill/note that is worth one dollar
    • compare double
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/double_4
  5. people who are not married and do not have a romantic relationship with somebody else
    • They organize parties for singles.
    • a singles bar/club
  6. a game when only one player plays against one other; a series of two or more of these games
    • compare double
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/double_4
    • the women’s singles champion
    • the first round of the men’s singles
    • a singles match
    • She's won three singles titles this year.
  7. a hit from which a player scores one run (= point)
    • See related entries: Cricket
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/cricket/single_2
  8. a hit that only allows the player to run to first base
  9. Extra Examples

    • 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?’

    Word Origin

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