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singleton
[ sing-guhl-tuhn ]
noun
- a person or thing occurring singly, especially an individual set apart from others.
- a child or animal that is the only one born at one birth:
a research program involving twins and singletons.
- an only child in a family.
- Chiefly British. an unmarried person; a single.
- Cards. a card that is the only one of a suit in a hand.
- Mathematics. a set consisting of one given element.
singleton
/ ˈsɪŋɡəltən /
noun
- bridge an original holding of one card only in a suit
- a single object, individual, etc, separated or distinguished from a pair or group
- maths a set containing only one member
- a person who is neither married nor in a relationship
Word History and Origins
Origin of singleton1
Word History and Origins
Origin of singleton1
Example Sentences
Singleton, a military veteran, returned to New Orleans once he completed his studies and his service.
Crosier said “there is not enough stimulation to keep milk production going for a singleton” while it’s bottle-fed.
Just like the boys in the movie, Singleton had to navigate his way through South Central Los Angeles growing up surrounded by violence and crime.
As for Webex, they’ll continue to forge the path ahead, said Singleton.
Singleton takes the aggressive, one-note conflicts of the action genre and builds whole networks of resentment out of them.
But by 2007, the project was seemingly dead and Singleton claimed race was a factor.
“He's like a young Steve McQueen,” filmmaker John Singleton said of Walker.
Directed by John Singleton, the short film stars Eddie Murphy as a pharaoh and the supermodel as his bored queen.
Over the years, the two lost touch twice but reconnected on the chat line, Singleton said.
The first night they spoke on the telephone, Singleton said, Clash invited him to dinner at a restaurant near his house.
With a suit declared the best opening lead is a singleton, failing which a lead from a strong sequence.
Sitgreaves he determined to leave in the cottage of Mr. Wharton, in attendance on Captain Singleton.
But to my surprise Harry Singleton was just sufficiently intoxicated to resent the act of his best friend.
So then I saw that word in some way had come to her of the little brawl between Harry Singleton and myself.
“Let us hope the experiment will succeed,” said Anne Singleton.
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