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single digits

noun

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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single play

  1. : not married

  2. : of or relating to celibacy

  3. : unaccompanied by others : lone, sole

  1. : a separate individual person or thing

  2. : an unmarried person and especially one young and socially active

  3. : a recording having one short tune on each side

  1. : to select or distinguish from a number or group

  2. : to advance or score (a base runner) by a single

  3. : to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a single

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digit play digits

  1. : any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9 and usually the symbol 0

  2. : one of the elements that combine to form numbers in a system other than the decimal system

  3. : the digits of a telephone number

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