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si ngle-mi nded ADJ Someone who is single-minded has only one aim or purpose and is determined to achieve it. □  …a single-minded determination to win.

si n|gle pa r|ent (single parents ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A single parent is someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them. □  I was bringing up my three children as a single parent. □  …a single-parent household.

si n|gles bar (singles bars ) N‑COUNT In North America, a singles bar is a bar where single people can go in order to drink and meet other single people.

si ngle-se x ADJ [usu ADJ n] At a single-sex school, the pupils are either all boys or all girls. □  Is single-sex education good for girls?

si n|gle su p|plement (single supplements ) also single person supplement N‑COUNT A single supplement is an additional sum of money that a hotel charges for one person to stay in a room meant for two people. □  You can avoid the single supplement by agreeing to share a twin room.

sin|glet /s I ŋglət/ (singlets )

1 N‑COUNT A singlet is a sleeveless sports shirt worn by athletes and boxers. [BRIT ] □  …a grubby running singlet.

2 N‑COUNT A singlet is a plain sleeveless piece of underwear which is worn on the upper half of the body. [BRIT ] □  He was wearing a blue silk singlet and boxer shorts.

sin|gle|ton /s I ŋg ^ə ltən/ (singletons ) N‑COUNT A singleton is someone who is neither married nor in a long-term relationship. □  Bank is a 38-year-old singleton who grew up in Philadelphia.

sin|gly /s I ŋgli/ ADV [ADV with v] If people do something singly , they each do it on their own, or do it one by one. □  They marched out singly or in pairs.

si ng-song (sing-songs ) also singsong

1 ADJ [ADJ n] A sing-song voice repeatedly rises and falls in pitch. □  He started to speak in a nasal sing-song voice.

2 N‑COUNT A sing-song is an occasion on which a group of people sing songs together for pleasure. [BRIT ]

sin|gu|lar /s I ŋgjʊlə ^r /

1 ADJ The singular form of a word is the form that is used when referring to one person or thing. □  …the fifteen case endings of the singular form of the Finnish noun. □  The word 'you' can be singular or plural.

2 N‑SING The singular of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to one person or thing. □ [+ of ] The singular of Inuit is Inuk.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] Singular means very great and remarkable. [FORMAL ] □  …a smile of singular sweetness. ●  sin|gu|lar|ly ADV [ADV adj/adv] □  It seemed a singularly ill-judged enterprise for him to undertake.

4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone or something as singular , you mean that they are strange or unusual. [OLD-FASHIONED ] □  Cardinal Meschia was without doubt a singular character. □  Where he got that singular notion I just can't think. ●  sin|gu|lar|ity /s I ŋgjʊlæ r I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …his abrupt, turbulent style and the singularity of his appearance.

si n|gu|lar nou n (singular nouns ) N‑COUNT A singular noun is a noun such as 'standstill' or 'vicinity' that does not have a plural form and always has a determiner such as 'a' or 'the' in front of it.

sin|is|ter /s I n I stə ^r / ADJ Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. □  There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing. WORD HISTORY sinister

In Latin sinister means 'left' or 'on the left-hand side'. The word came to have its 'sinister' meaning because the left side was considered unlucky.

sink ◆◇◇ /s I ŋk/ (sinks , sinking , sank , sunk )