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singular

adj
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/US/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).

  1. derived from singulus — “single”
  2. derived from singulāris — “alone of its kind”
  3. inherited from singuler

Definitions

  1. Being only one of a larger population

    Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.

    • A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
    • And God forbid that all a company / Should rue a singular manne's folly.

  2. Being the only one of the kind

    Being the only one of the kind; unique.

    • She has a singular personality.
    • The busts[…] of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
    • singular instances

  3. Distinguished by superiority

    Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.

    • a man of singular gravity or attainments
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Out of the ordinary

      Out of the ordinary; curious.

      • It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
      • So ſingular a ſadneſs / Muſt have a cauſe as ſtrange as the effect: […]
      • His zeal / None seconded, as out of season judged, / Or singular and rash.

    2. Referring to only one thing or person.

    3. Having no inverse.

    4. Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a…

      Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

    5. Not equal to its own cofinality.

    6. Each

      Each; individual.

      • to convey several parcels of land, all and singular

    7. Engaged in by only one on a side

      Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

      • Thus made he an end, and the two princes allowed well of his last motion, and so order was taken, that they should fight togither in a singular combat

    8. A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

    9. That which is not general

      That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.

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Derived

cosingular, equisingular, first-person singular, hypersingular, nonsingular, second-person singular, singular existential statement, singularise, singularism, singularist, singularity, singularization, singularize, singularly, singular matrix, singularness, singular statement, singular value decomposition, supersingular, third-person singular, unsingular, singulare tantum

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for singular. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA