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single file

single file noun: a line or queue one person wide.

Noun

single file (usually uncountable, plural single files)

  1. (usually) A line or queue one person wide.
    • They walked in a single file.
    • The religious figures were walking in single file in a group of 34 along the roadside when the bronze Isuzu ploughed through them […]2026 July 2, Eliana Silver, “Eight Buddhist monks killed and dozens injured after boy, 11, runs them over in a truck”, in dailymail.com

Adjective

single file (not comparable)

  1. One person wide.
    • They walked in a single file line.
    • Single file traffic

Adverb

single file (not comparable)

  1. In a line or queue one person wide.
    • They walked single file.

Forms of single file

pluralsingle files

Questions about single file

What does single file mean?
Single file means a line or queue one person wide.
What part of speech is single file?
Single file can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
What is the plural of single file?
The plural of single file is single files.

Words near single file in the dictionary

  1. single entendres
  2. single eyelid
  3. single eyelids
  4. single father
  5. single fathers
  6. single file
  7. single files
  8. single Gloucester
  9. single Gloucesters
  10. single handed
  11. single jack

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