Definition: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
Similar words: safety, base hit
Definition: (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
Synonyms: one, single, I, unity, 1, ace
Definition: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Usage: he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it; they had lunch at one
Definition: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
Usage: 0 and 1 are digits
Synonyms: single
Definition: hit a single
Usage: the batter singled to left field
Synonyms: individual, single
Definition: being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Usage: individual drops of rain; please mark the individual pages; they went their individual ways
Similar words: idiosyncratic
Definition: peculiar to the individual
Usage: we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures; Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting
Similar words: individualist, individualistic
Definition: marked by or expressing individuality
Usage: an individualistic way of dressing
Similar words: man-to-man, one-on-one
Definition: being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
Usage: one-on-one defense
Similar words: various, several, respective
Definition: considered individually
Usage: the respective club members; specialists in their several fields; the various reports all agreed
Similar words: singular
Definition: being a single and separate person or thing
Usage: can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?; every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind-William James
Synonyms: undivided, single, exclusive
Definition: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
Usage: judging a contest with a single eye; a single devotion to duty; undivided affection; gained their exclusive attention
Similar words: concentrated
Definition: gathered together or made less diffuse
Usage: their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention; concentrated study; a narrow thread of concentrated ore
Definition: not married or related to the unmarried state
Usage: unmarried men and women; unmarried life; sex and the single girl; single parenthood; are you married or single?
Similar words: divorced
Definition: of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
Similar words: mateless
Definition: of someone who has no marriage partner
Similar words: unwed, unwedded
Definition: of someone who has not been married
Usage: unwed mother
Similar words: widowed
Definition: single because of death of the spouse
Synonyms: single
Definition: having uniform application
Usage: a single legal code for all
Similar words: unvarying, uniform
Definition: always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
Usage: a street of uniform tall white buildings
Synonyms: single, individual
Definition: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Usage: an individual serving; single occupancy; a single bed
Similar words: unshared
Definition: not shared
Synonyms: single
Definition: existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
Usage: upon the hill stood a single tower; had but a single thought which was to escape; a single survivor; a single serving; a single lens; a single thickness
Similar words: azygos, azygous
Definition: occurring singly; not one of a pair
Usage: the azygous muscle of the uvula
Similar words: one-man, one-person, one-woman
Definition: designed for or restricted to a single person
Usage: a one-man show; a one-person tent; Sarah Silverman's hilarious one-woman show
Similar words: only, sole, solitary, lone, lonesome
Definition: being the only one; single and isolated from others
Usage: the lone doctor in the entire county; a lonesome pine; an only child; the sole heir; the sole example; a solitary instance of cowardice; a solitary speck in the sky
Similar words: unique, singular
Definition: the single one of its kind
Usage: a singular example; the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting; a unique copy of an ancient manuscript; certain types of problems have unique solutions
Similar words: sui generis
Definition: constituting a class of its own; unique
Usage: a history book sui generis; sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary
Similar words: unary
Definition: consisting of or involving a single element or component
Usage: in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result
Similar words: uninominal, one-member
Definition: based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature)
Usage: a uninominal electoral system