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singular

[ sing-gyuh-ler ]

adjective

  1. extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional:

    a singular success.

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    Antonyms:

  2. unusual or strange; odd; different:

    singular behavior.

    Synonyms: , , ,

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

    a singular example.

    Synonyms: , ,

  4. separate; individual.

    Synonyms: ,

  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. Compare dual ( def 4 ), plural ( def 4 ).
  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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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲܱԱ, noun
  • ˈԲܱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • g·· adverb
  • g··Ա noun
  • p·g· adjective
  • ܲ·g· adjective
  • un·g·· adverb
  • un·g··Ա noun
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yvlog 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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of singular1

C14: from Latin Բܱ single
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Example Sentences

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“We will explore new policies designed with a singular goal in mind — to ramp up filmmaking and create jobs for our workforce.”

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We realize that even though all of our experiences are individual, our collective experience as queer people across all sorts of demographic lines, like class and race, is singular.

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In truth, the Hamilton story was more collaborative than was admitted, to protect sources, and Jordan's involvement was not as singular as was presented at the time.

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But beneath that shared goal a rift has opened around a singular question: Which workforce should be prioritized?

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And, in turn, nobody was cheered quite like Roberts, who felt the redemption of nine seasons of second-guessing and an end to the scoffing at his talented team’s singular short-season 2020 championship.

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