single digits
Definition of single digits
chiefly US
: a number or percentage that is 9 or less They won the game by single digits. The state's unemployment rate is in the single digits.
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Word by Word Definitions
: not married
: of or relating to celibacy
: unaccompanied by others : lone, sole
: a separate individual person or thing
: a recording having one short tune on each side
: a music recording having two or more tracks that is shorter than a full-length album
: to advance or score (a base runner) by a single
: to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a single
: to make a single in baseball
: any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9 and usually the symbol 0
: one of the elements that combine to form numbers in a system other than the decimal system
: a unit of length based on the breadth of a finger and equal in English measure to 3⁄4 inch
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