single person

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandperson

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofsingleandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingle person

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But by the same token, it is equally possible for asinglepersonto give account of themselves in a number of different ways.
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Pluralism (the holding of more than one church office by asingleperson) was common.
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Nosinglepersonunderstands every aspect of the wide range of technologies used in health care.
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I don't remember asinglepersonof my acquaintance being courted with flowers or chocolates.
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Interviews with the manager revealed that several persons were tasked to maintain the pool but nosinglepersonwas responsible.
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It amounted to 472 per month for asingleperson(992 for a family of four).
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Much of the evil that occurs affects more than asingleperson, and people can react very differently to the same instance of evil.
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There would be no guarantee that asinglepersonwould do so.
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Furthermore, the age effects found in this study show differences between cohorts but not across the developmental stages of asingleperson.
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One result, however, is that asinglepersoncan only hear a small proportion of the papers.
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What we need is a body of techniques for reliably exploring the competence of asingleperson.
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It is one thing to hate asingleperson, we think, but quite another to hate an entire race.
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Perhaps the distinctive features of prioritarianism can be present in a case where we are choosing benefits and harms for asingleperson.
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These circumstances become more common as the ageing process produces moresinglepersonhouseholds in the very old age groups.
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The research was an undertaking of onesinglepersonand excavations did not take place.
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In others, asinglepersoncompleted the questionnaire.
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This is, by definition, the commitment of asinglepersonwho created it and who has the authority unilaterally to rescind it.
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