single - English word #740

Translation

Only one; just one and no more.

Word origin

From Old French sengle, from Latin singulus, meaning one alone.

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"Single" means only one chair.

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Here "single" makes "not one" stronger; nobody came at all.

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Here "single" makes "every" stronger; she read each one.

one

The number 1, or a word that stands for a single thing already mentioned.

only

And no one or nothing more than this, just this.

each

Every one of two or more things or people, thought of one at a time.

every

Each one of a group, with none left out.

all

The whole amount or every one of a group of things or people.

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