singularize

American  

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

especially British, singularise

verb (used with object)

singularized, singularizing

1. to make singular.

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singularize British  

/ ˈsɪŋɡjʊləˌraɪz /

verb

1. to make (a word, etc) singular

2. to make conspicuous

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Other Word Forms

• singularization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of singularize

First recorded in 1580–90; singular + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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 Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

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

From Time Magazine Archive