Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is single, especially.
- noun A child or animal born as a single birth, especially in contrast to one that is part of a multiple birth.
- noun A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a player's hand.
- noun An unmarried person.
- noun Linguistics A nongeminate consonant.
- noun An individual separated or distinguished from two or more of its group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A silly fellow; a simpleton.
- noun In whist, a hand containing only one card of some suit; a card which is the only one of a suit in the hand of a player.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun playing cards A
playing card that is the only one of itssuit in ahand , especially atbridge . - noun A
single object , especially one of agroup . - noun computing A
class that may not beinstantiated more than once, i.e. thatimplements thesingleton design pattern . - noun mathematics A
set with exactly oneelement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
- noun a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
- noun a set containing a single member
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Although women with a term singleton cephalic pregnancy with a previous caesarean section (group 5) represented only 11. 4% of the obstetric population, this group was the largest contributor to the overall caesarean section rate (26. 7% of all the caesarean section).
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A general rule of thumb is that the mother should gain 25 to 35 pounds, the weight of a full-term singleton pregnancy, by the end of the second trimester—and then gain an additional 15 to 25 pounds in the last trimester.
Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993
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A general rule of thumb is that the mother should gain 25 to 35 pounds, the weight of a full-term singleton pregnancy, by the end of the second trimester—and then gain an additional 15 to 25 pounds in the last trimester.
Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993
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A general rule of thumb is that the mother should gain 25 to 35 pounds, the weight of a full-term singleton pregnancy, by the end of the second trimester—and then gain an additional 15 to 25 pounds in the last trimester.
Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993
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The study recruited full-term singleton children born in 1991 in 10 geographic areas and measured their height and weight from ages 2 to 12 years.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The study recruited full-term singleton children born in 1991 in 10 geographic areas and measured their height and weight from ages 2 to 12 years.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The study recruited full-term singleton children born in 1991 in 10 geographic areas and measured their height and weight from ages 2 to 12 years.
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The study recruited full-term singleton children born in 1991 in 10 geographic areas and measured their height and weight from ages 2 to 12 years.
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The study recruited full-term singleton children born in 1991 in 10 geographic areas and measured their height and weight from ages 2 to 12 years.
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Long-term singleton Jennifer Aniston, 39, gets up close and personal with her toyboy lover, musician John Mayer, and clearly doesn't care who notices.
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bilby commented on the word singleton
"Record numbers of young Japanese do not have boyfriends or girlfriends, and many do not want one, according to a survey by the country's government. Sixty-one percent of unmarried men aged 18 and 34 do not have a partner, nor do half of unmarried women the same age."
- Roland Buerk, Japan singletons hit record high, BBC website, 28 November 2011.
November 28, 2011