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1. (adj.) singular
extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional:
a singular success.
2. singular
unusual or strange; odd; different:
singular behavior.
3. singular
being the only one of its kind; unique:
a singular example.
4. singular
separate; individual.
5. singular
of or belonging to the grammatical category of number used to indicate that a word has one referent or denotes one person, place, thing, or instance, as child,it, or
goes.
6. singular
Logic.
7. singular
of or pertaining to something individual, specific, or not general.
8. singular
(of a proposition) containing no quantifiers.
9. (n.) singular
the singular number.
10. singular
a word or other form in the singular.
Etymology: (1300–50; < L singulāris. See single , -ar1)
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1. (adj) singular, singular form
the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
2. (adj) remarkable, singular
unusual or striking
"a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"
3. (adj) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
"a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
4. (adj) singular
being a single and separate person or thing
"can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James
5. (adj) singular
composed of one member, set, or kind
6. (adj) singular
grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
7. (adj) singular, unique
the single one of its kind
"a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions"
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1. (noun) singular
the singular
the form of a word that refers to one person or thing
The singular of "data" is "datum."; a singular noun/verb
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1. (adj) singular
separate or apart from others; single; distinct
2. (adj) singular
engaged in by only one on a side; single
3. (adj) singular
existing by itself; single; individual
4. (adj) singular
each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular
5. (adj) singular
denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural
6. (adj) singular
standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon
7. (adj) singular
distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments
8. (adj) singular
departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure
9. (adj) singular
being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique
10. (noun) singular
an individual instance; a particular
11. (noun) singular
the singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number
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`Foot' is the singular of `feet'; a singular noun/verb; The noun `foot' is singular.
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 Afrikaans: enkelvoud |
 Arabic: مُفْرَد |
 Bulgarian: грам. единствено число |
 Brazilian: singular |
 Czech: jednotné číslo |
 German: der Singular; singularisc |
 Danish: ental |
 Greek: ενικός αριθμός (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: singular |
 Estonian: ainsus, ainsuslik |
 Farsi: مفرد |
 Finnish: yksikkö |
 French: singulier |
 Hebrew: יָחִיד |
 Hindi: एकवचन |
 Croatian: jednina, singular |
 Hungarian: egyes szám(ú) |
 Indonesian: bentuk tunggal |
 Icelandic: eintala |
 Italian: singolare |
 Japanese: 単数 |
 Korean: 단수형 |
 Lithuanian: vienaskaita |
 Latvian: vienskaitlis |
 Malay: mufrad |
 Dutch: enkelvoud |
 Norwegian: entall, singularis; ental |
 Polish: pojedynczy |
 Persian: مفرد |
 Pashto: عجيبه: بې سارى، بې جوړې،( |
 Portuguese: singular |
 Romanian: singular |
 Russian: единственное число |
 Slovak: jednotné číslo |
 Slovenian: ednina |
 Serbian: jednina |
 Swedish: singular[form] |
 Thai: เป็นเอกพจน์ |
 Turkish: tekil (hâl) |
 Taiwanese: 單數 |
 Ukrainian: однина |
 Urdu: مفرد، واحد |
 Vietnamese: dạng số ít |
 Chinese: 单数（词） |
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