single vs married
Definitions
noun
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
adjective
- existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
- being or characteristic of a single thing or person
- not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
- characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
- not married or related to the unmarried state
verb
- hit a single
Examples
A horizontal merger may enable the new entity to set price and output in the same manner as a single-firm monopolist, with the same consequences for consumer welfare.
My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards.
Iin this case it uses the atomic unit of digital life - a single screen of data on a Palm, a little brick of reality we spend so much time staring at all day long.
Definitions
adjective
- joined in matrimony
- of or relating to the state of marriage
noun
- a person who is married
Examples
And while everyone around wished the couple a happy married life, one of the guests decided to be a little cheeky.
I shall be glad when the last of my daughters is married off.
As you start your married life together hand in hand, may all the things you're hoping for turn out the way you've planned.
