single word

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandword

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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word
noun
uk
/wɜːd/us
/wɝːd/
a single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken ...
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(Definition ofsingleandwordfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingle word

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Also, mostsinglewordutterances addressed to the target-child consisted of a noun.
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Many of the spontaneous productions, however, were assinglewordutterances.
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There is support for the independence of the relationship between morphological awareness andsinglewordreading.
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In contrast, morphological awareness rarely contributed significantly tosinglewordreading.
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Even the utterance of asinglewordcould have multiple interpretations and subsequent implications.
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Synthetic verbs contain the verb stem and all associated inflectional material in asingleword.
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Meanwhile, they do not utter asingleword.
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What has happened to the comprehensivesinglewordordinand?
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Individual sound productions were compared between the connected speech andsinglewordtasks.
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He never caused any pain in my heart, even with asingleword.
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They were asked to name the pictures using asingleword.
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That is, a word may not have asinglewordtranslation in a different language.
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Some reasons why successivesinglewordutterances are not.
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