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singular

[sing-gyuh-ler]

adjective

  1. extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional.

    a singular success.

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  2. unusual or strange; odd; different.

    singular behavior.

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

    a singular example.

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  4. separate; individual.

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  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.

  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

/ ˈɪŋɡʊə /

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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Other Word Forms

  • singularly adverb
  • singularness noun
  • supersingular adjective
  • unsingular adjective
  • unsingularly adverb
  • unsingularness noun
  • ˈԲܱԱ noun
  • ˈԲܱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of singular1

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

Origin of singular1

C14: from Latin Բܱ single
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Example Sentences

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For Posey, whose life and career have been filled with tiny, singular eccentricities that have so endeared her to fans all over the world, the passing of some berries between friends was apt.

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It isn’t the typical hero’s journey led by a singular chosen one, but a collective effort.

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“WTF,” however, is both quintessentially him and an entity of singular significance.

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It’s also an inconvenience: Democrats, presented with an opportunity to demonstrate their opposition to a man they have labeled a singular threat to American democracy, elected instead to go nuclear on one of their own.

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“It’s not a singular experience. There’s something for everyone,” Enoki said.

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