Synonyms

singularize

American

[sing-gyuh-luh-rahyz] / ˈsɪŋ gjə ləˌraɪz /

especially British, singularise

verb (used with object)

singularized, singularizing

to make singular.

singularize British

/ ˈsɪŋɡjʊləˌraɪz /

verb

to make (a word, etc) singular
to make conspicuous

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Other Word Forms

singularization

noun

Etymology

Origin of singularize

First recorded in 1580–90; singular + -ize

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singularize singularizing

And hence this tremendous struggle to singularize ourselves, to survive in some way in the memory of others and of posterity.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch

Others have suggested singularizing they, their and them to te, ter and tern.

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