single out

verb
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/CA/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈæɔ̯t/

Etymology

From single (“to take alone, or one by one”, intransitive archaic verb) + out. First attested in 1629.

  1. inherited from *úd
  2. inherited from *ūtai
  3. inherited from ūte
  4. inherited from *ūt
  5. inherited from *ūt
  6. inherited from ūt
  7. inherited from out
  8. compounded as single out — “single + out

Definitions

  1. To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them…

    To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.

    • Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
    • Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:single out.

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