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sin·gu·lar

S0428400 (sĭng′gyə-lər)adj.1. Being only one; individual; lone: a singular tree in the meadow.2. Being the only one of a kind; unique: "Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" (Barack Obama).3. a. Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable: "Dinners with [our two friends] became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure" (David Halberstam).b. Strange or unusual: "I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons" (Edgar Allan Poe).4. Grammar a. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.b. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.5. Logic Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.n. Grammar 1. The singular number or a form designating it.2. A word having a singular number.

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[Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris, from singulus, single; see single.]

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sin′gu·lar·ly adv.sin′gu·lar·ness n.

singular

(ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə) adj1. remarkable; exceptional; extraordinary: a singular feat. 2. unusual; odd: a singular character. 3. unique4. (Linguistics) denoting a word or an inflected form of a word indicating that not more than one referent is being referred to or described5. (Logic) logic of or referring to a specific thing or person as opposed to something generaln (Grammar) grammar a. the singular numberb. a singular form of a word[C14: from Latin singulāris single] ˈsingularly adv ˈsingularness n

sin•gu•lar

(ˈsɪŋ gyə lər)

adj. 1. extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success. 2. unusual or strange; odd; different: singular behavior. 3. being the only one of its kind; unique: a singular example. 4. separate; individual. 5. 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. Logic. a. of or pertaining to something individual, specific, or not general. b. (of a proposition) containing no quantifiers. n. 7. the singular number. 8. a word or other form in the singular. Abbr.: sing. [1300–50; < Latin singulāris. See single, -ar¹] sin′gu•lar•ly, adv.

Singular

 of boars: a pack of boars—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	singular - the form of a word that is used to denote a singletonsingular formdescriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Adj.	1.	singular - unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"remarkableextraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
	2.	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"peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, curious, funny, oddstrange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
	3.	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 Jamesindividual, single - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
	4.	singular - composed of one member, set, or kindplural - composed of more than one member, set, or kind
	5.	singular - grammatical number category referring to a single item or unitplural - grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	6.	singular - 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"uniquesingle - existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"

singular

adjective1. single, individual The pronoun 'you' can be singular or plural.2. remarkable, unique, extraordinary, outstanding, exceptional, rare, notable, eminent, uncommon, conspicuous, prodigious, unparalleled, noteworthy a smile of singular sweetness
remarkable common, normal, ordinary, usual, conventional, routine, everyday, commonplace, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, common or garden3. unusual, odd, strange, extraordinary, puzzling, curious, peculiar, eccentric, out-of-the-way, queer, oddball (informal), atypical, wacko (slang), outré, out there (slang) He was without doubt a singular character.
unusual common, normal, usual, conventional, routine, everyday, commonplace, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, common or garden

singular

adjective1. Being or related to a distinct entity:discrete, individual, particular, separate, single.2. Alone in a given category:lone, one, only, particular, separate, single, sole, solitary, unique.Idioms: first and last, one and only.3. Without equal or rival:alone, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, only, peerless, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled.4. Far beyond what is usual, normal, or customary:exceptional, extraordinary, magnificent, outstanding, preeminent, rare, remarkable, towering, uncommon, unusual.Informal: standout.Slang: awesome, out of sight.5. Deviating from the customary:bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird.Slang: kooky, screwball.British Slang: rum, rummy.

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singular

(ˈsiŋgjulə) noun1. (also adjective) (in) the form of a word which expresses only one. `Foot' is the singular of `feet'; a singular noun/verb; The noun `foot' is singular. 單數 单数（词） 2. the state of being singular. Is this noun in the singular or the plural? 單數形態 单数形式

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