{
    "term": "single",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/be/beds.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "only one",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He sent her a single red rose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **single-sex school** *(= for boys only or for girls only)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All these jobs can now be done by one single machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We won by a **single point**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They cloned a lamb from a **single cell** taken from an adult sheep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the European **single currency**, the euro"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a single honours degree *(= for which you study only one subject)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the work of a single individual."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The statue was carved out of a single piece of wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can switch between the **single-player** and the multiplayer games."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "intended to be used by only one person",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **single room**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jail housed 860 prisoners in single cells."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a single sheet *(= large enough for a single bed)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not married or having a romantic relationship with somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **single person/woman/man**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The apartments are ideal for single people living alone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you still single?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She remained single till her death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young people are staying single for longer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film stars Bening as a **single mother** with a teenage son."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm a **single father** and take my kids to school every morning."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a single ticket, etc. can be used for travelling to a place but not back again",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English, British English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a single ticket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How much is the single fare to Glasgow?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by air"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you are referring to one particular person or thing on its own",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We eat rice **every single day**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Every single one** of her so-called friends had turned their backs on her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't understand a **single word** she said!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "immediately; with only a quick look",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is able to take in complex information at a single glance."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in one single attempt or try",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She blew out the candles in a single go."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(in) one line, one behind the other",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They made their way in single file along the cliff path."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɡl/",
                "audio": "si/single/single__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɡl/",
                "audio": "si/single/single__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’."
}