single quotes plural noun one pair of single quotation marks, written as (‘ ’) and used especially for a quotation within another quotation: He said, “I told you to say ‘Open, sesame’ when you want to enter the mountain.” Liberaldictionary.com Is It Time For All Couples To Use The Term Partner? Can You Translate These Famous Phrases From Emoji? These Are the Longest Words in English These Are the Saddest Phrases in English Compare double quotes. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019