singular
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (abbreviation): sg.
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English singuler, from Old French [Term?], from Latin singularis (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə/
Audio (US) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
singular (comparative more singular, superlative most singular)
- Being only one of a larger population.
- A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
- Being the only one of the kind; unique.
- She has a singular personality.
- Addison
- These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
- Chaucer
- And God forbid that all a company / Should rue a singular man's folly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.
- a man of singular gravity or attainments
- Out of the ordinary; curious.
- It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
- Denham
- So singular a sadness / Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
- Milton
- His zeal / None seconded, as out of season judged, / Or singular and rash.
- (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
- (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
- (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
- (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
- (law) Each; individual.
- to convey several parcels of land, all and singular
- (obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
- Holinshed
- to try the matter thus together in a singular combat
- Holinshed
SynonymsEdit
- (being only one): individual
- (being the only one of a kind): unique
- (distinguished by superiority): exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable
- (being out of the ordinary): curious, eccentric, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, rum, rummy, unusual
- (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): non-invertible
AntonymsEdit
- (grammar: referring to only one thing): plural
- (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): invertible, non-singular
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
being only one of larger population
being the only one of a kind
distinguished by superiority
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being out of the ordinary
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grammar: referring to only one thing
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linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse
linear algebra: of transformation
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NounEdit
singular (plural singulars)
- (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
AntonymsEdit
- (grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing): plural
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing
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See alsoEdit
- (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural
- simplex
- simple
- single
- singulus
Further readingEdit
- singular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- singular in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- singular at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin singulāris.
AdjectiveEdit
singular (masculine and feminine plural singulars)
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
GalicianEdit
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
singular m, f (plural singulares, comparable)
SynonymsEdit
- (one of a kind): único
NounEdit
singular m (plural singulares)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
sȉngulār m (Cyrillic spelling си̏нгула̄р)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of singular
singular | plural | |
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nominative | singular | singulari |
genitive | singulara | singulara |
dative | singularu | singularima |
accusative | singular | singulare |
vocative | singulare | singulari |
locative | singularu | singularima |
instrumental | singularom | singularma |
SynonymsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin singulāris.
AdjectiveEdit
singular (plural singulares)
AntonymsEdit
- (singular): plural
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
singular m (plural singulares)