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singularize

[ sing-gyuh-luh-rahyz ]
/ ˈsɪŋ gyə ləˌraɪz /
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verb (used with object), sin·gu·lar·ized, sin·gu·lar·iz·ing.

to make singular.

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RELATED WORDS

immortalize, acknowledge, dignify, mark, admire, characterize, differentiate, praise, discriminate, signalize, individualize, honor, celebrate

Nearby words

singsong, singspiel, singular, singular point, singularity, singularize, singulary, singulative, singultus, sinh, sinhailien
Also especially British, sin·gu·lar·ise.

Origin of singularize

First recorded in 1580–90; singular + -ize

Related forms

sin·gu·lar·i·za·tion, noun
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Examples from the Web for singularize

  • 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)

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

Derived Forms

singularization or singularisation, noun
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