Single meaning in English

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Definition

(I'm) single: (I'm) not in a relationship; (I) don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend adjective
Is Bruno single? Does Bruno have a girlfriend or boyfriend?
a singles bar a bar for single people to meet
single: individual, undivided, separate, distinct adjective
a single room a room for one person

Examples

  • "After three weeks, there wasn't a single bottle left in our warehouses."
  • "Anyway, so God, are you single?"
  • "I'm a single, 19-year-old boy looking to rent a room in a friendly apartment."
  • "We're trying to rebrand Outback Cologne as a scent that also appeals to urban individuals, university students, young professionals, people who frequent bars and cafés and single men on the dating scene."
  • "Brian : Horatio, I've bought you six bourbon on the rocks, but you still haven't given me one single piece of financial advice!"
  • "Tragically, Philip died single."
  • "We're going to be installing a new video conferencing system next month, and it would be a huge relief if we could find ourselves a single, highly-trained professional rather than another team of bumbling morons, like last time."
  • "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a high-stress job, must be suffering negative health consequences."
  • "Anyway, so, God, are you single?"
  • "Philip : Was a single lump of coal"
  • "Uh huh...Yes...We have intelligence that points to a single suspect: an Amazonian national named Horatio Oléré, living in the San Francisco area."
  • "I'm single, anyway."
  • "Relationship status: Single"
  • "Trying to figure out if she is still single."
  • "Single or divorced?"
  • "we have intelligence that points to a single suspect: an Amazonian national named Horatio Oléré, living in the San Francisco area."
  • "I mean, no more than your average single, overworked executive."
  • "I am an undertaker and a single, straight male."
  • "We've seen alligators eating crocodiles, the resting place of Noah's Ark, five hundred dancing ladyboys, Elvis, a dodo, and lots more... Though, strangely, not a single cow."

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