single
/ˈsɪŋgl/ adjectiveDefinition
ONE [always before noun] › only one: There was a single light in the corner of the room.
every single › used to emphasize that you are talking about each one of a group or series: I call him every single day. He could hear every single word we said.
MARRIAGE › not married: He's young and single.
PARENT [always before noun] › looking after your children alone without a partner or the children's other parent: a single mother a single-parent family
FOR ONE [always before noun] › for only one person: a single bed
(Definition of single adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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