Single Definition–adjective | 1. | only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example. | | 2. | of, pertaining to, or suitable for one person only: a single room. | | 3. | solitary or sole; lone: He was the single survivor. | | 4. | unmarried: a single man. | | 5. | pertaining to the unmarried state: the single life. | | 6. | of one against one, as combat or fight. | | 7. | consisting of only one part, element, or member: a single lens. | | 8. | sincere and undivided: single devotion. | | 9. | separate, particular, or distinct; individual: Every single one of you must do your best. It's the single most important thing. | | 10. | uniform; applicable to all: a single safety code for all manufacturers. | | 11. | (of a bed or bedclothes) twin-size. | | 12. | (of a flower) having only one set of petals. | | 13. | British. of standard strength or body, as ale, beer, etc. Compare double (def. 1). | | 14. | (of the eye) seeing rightly. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to pick or choose (one) from others (usually fol. by out): to single out a fact for special mention. | | 16. | Baseball. | a. | to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a one-base hit. | | b. | to cause (a run) to be scored by a one-base hit (often fol. by in or home). | | –verb (used without object) | 17. | Baseball. to hit a single. | –noun | 18. | one person or thing; a single one. | | 19. | an accommodation suitable for one person only, as a hotel room or a table at a restaurant: to reserve a single. | | 20. | a ticket for a single seat at a theater. | | 21. | British. | b. | a steam locomotive having one driving wheel on each side. | | | 22. | an unmarried person, esp. one who is relatively young. | | 23. | Baseball. Also called one-base hit. a base hit that enables a batter to reach first base safely. | | 24. | singles, (used with a singular verb ) a match with one player on each side, as a tennis match. | | 26. | Cricket. a hit for which one run is scored. | | 27. | Informal. a one-dollar bill. | | 28. | a phonograph record, CD, or cassette usually having two songs. | | 29. | one of the songs recorded on a single. | <
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Parent Definition–noun | 2. | an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor. | | 3. | a source, origin, or cause. | | 4. | a protector or guardian. | | 5. | Biology. any organism that produces or generates another. | | 6. | Physics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series. | –adjective | 7. | being the original source: a parent organization. | | 8. | Biology. pertaining to an organism, cell, or comple
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Family Definition–noun | 1. | parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. | | 2. | the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. | | 3. | the spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week. | | 4. | any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family. | | 5. | all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor. | | 6. | Chiefly British. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family. | | 7. | a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants. | | 8. | the staff, or body of assistants, of an official: the office family. | | 9. | a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements. | | 10. | a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families. | | 11. | a group of
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products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer. | | 12. | Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera. | | 13. | Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader. | | 14. | Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages. Compare stock (def. 12), subfamily (def. 2). | | 15. | Mathematics. | a. | a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation. | | b. | a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter. | | –adjective | 16. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait. | | 17. | belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room. | | 18. | suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park. | | 19. | not containing obscene language: a family newspaper. | —Idiom | 20. | in a or the family way, pregnant. | |
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