single
part of speech
adjective, noun (single, singles)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
sense 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 the corpora
- Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.
- A family ticket is only a good deal after checking: add up the single tickets for your family and compare.
- On matters of taste, like cats versus dogs, there is no single right answer, so bots usually avoid taking sides.
- Some songwriters start with words, some with a tune or chords, some with a beat; there is no single correct way.
- Cartoons often use 12 to 24 pictures for every second of film; each single still picture is called a frame.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «single» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.