[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/single/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / single # single adjective, noun (single, singles) «single» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Single means only one, not two or more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m1) 2. «Not a single» means none at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m2) 3. A single room or bed is for one person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m3) 4. Single means not married. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m4) 5. A single ticket (UK) is for going one way only, not there and back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m5) 6. A single is a song sold on its own; singles is a game of tennis with one player on each side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m6) 7. Single can be used after "every" to stress that each one is included, with none left out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#m7) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x1) - Not a single apple was left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x2) - A hotel has 10 single rooms and 8 double rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x3) - How much do 5 single tickets cost? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x4) - Walk in single file along the narrow path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x5) - She did not say a single word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x6) - Try to avoid single-use plastic bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x7) - He won the singles final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x8) - He'll catch them, every single one!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/#x9) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x3) - And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Prophets 2SA.22.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x4) - And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Writings PSA.18.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x5) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «single» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«single» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/single.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «single» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«single» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/single.html) on Mova free.