singularize

[ sing-gyuh-luh-rahyz ]
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verb (used with object),sin·gu·lar·ized, sin·gu·lar·iz·ing.
  1. to make singular.

Origin of singularize

1
First recorded in 1580–90; singular + -ize
  • Also especially British, sin·gu·lar·ise .

Other words from singularize

  • sin·gu·lar·i·za·tion, noun

Words Nearby singularize

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How to use singularize in a sentence

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

    Tragic Sense Of Life | Miguel de Unamuno

British Dictionary definitions for singularize

singularize

singularise

/ (ˈsɪŋɡjʊləˌraɪz) /


verb(tr)
  1. to make (a word, etc) singular

  2. to make conspicuous

Derived forms of singularize

  • singularization or singularisation, noun

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