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singular

[ sing-gyuh-ler ]

adjective

  1. extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional:

    a singular success.

    Synonyms: peculiar

    Antonyms: usual

  2. unusual or strange; odd; different:

    singular behavior.

    Synonyms: curious, queer, bizarre, peculiar

  3. being the only one of its kind; distinctive; unique:

    a singular example.

    Synonyms: rare, uncommon, peculiar

  4. separate; individual.

    Synonyms: single, peculiar

  5. Grammar. noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number found in many languages that indicates that a word form has one referent or denotes one person, place, thing, or instance, as English boy and thing, which are singular nouns, or goes, a singular form of the verb go. Compare dual ( def 4 ), plural ( def 4 ).
  6. Logic.
    1. of or relating to something individual, specific, or not general.
    2. (of a proposition) containing no quantifiers, as “Socrates was mortal.”
  7. Mathematics.
    1. of or relating to a linear transformation from a vector space to itself that is not one-to-one.
    2. of or relating to a matrix having a determinant equal to zero.
  8. Obsolete. private.
  9. Obsolete. single.


noun

, Grammar.
  1. the singular number.
  2. a form in the singular.

singular

/ ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

  1. remarkable; exceptional; extraordinary

    a singular feat

  2. unusual; odd

    a singular character

  3. unique
  4. denoting a word or an inflected form of a word indicating that not more than one referent is being referred to or described
  5. logic of or referring to a specific thing or person as opposed to something general
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. grammar
    1. the singular number
    2. a singular form of a word
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

singular

  1. In nouns , pronouns , and verbs , the grammatical form that refers to only one thing. In the following sentence, the singular words are italicized: “The police officer stops anyone who crosses before the light changes .” ( Compare plural ; see agreement .)


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsingularness, noun
  • ˈsingularly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • singu·lar·ly adverb
  • singu·lar·ness noun
  • super·singu·lar adjective
  • un·singu·lar adjective
  • un·singu·lar·ly adverb
  • un·singu·lar·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of singular1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word singulāris. See single, -ar 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of singular1

C14: from Latin singulāris single
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Example Sentences

Humans reinvented a way to directly capture energy from the sun—previously the singular achievement of photosynthetic organisms.

One crucial aspect from this point of view is having personal account managers and being able to continually check the status of your campaign with a singular point of contact.

What struck me immediately was his willingness to invent a new, singular model, freeing himself from the usual constraints of the fashion system.

The problem is that political parties are not singular entities capable of easily changing course.

Maggie Curran says Belkin International’s approach is to view each component of a brand’s Amazon presence as part of the total, singular story the brand tells via Amazon, not just a driver of one-off sales.

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From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.

Her single and singular goal in every case is to pursue justice as determined by the law.

The singular author Don Carpenter took his own life in 1995.

The entire city can seem like a singular monument to his decades in office.

Eastwood is a singular screen presence, and he can be electrifying in the right role.

She gave details of the singular mood that had come upon her with the arrival of Tony, but Tom hardly heard her.

It does not appear, however, that any special significance is attached to this singular fancy.

The nuts are cut into thin slices and wrapped in the leaves of a singular plant called buyo.

He turned, and rose: a tall, slight gentleman, with a singular countenance that startled her.

The fate of the royal family after this defeat was extremely singular and distressing.

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