singular
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
law
linear-algebra
linguistics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
set-theory
Etymology: From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).
Inflected forms:
form: more singular
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most singular
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sing.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: sg.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: sg
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: singulars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sing.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: sg.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: sg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Being the only one of the kind; unique.
pos: adj
examples: 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
A group of finches, of which Mr. Gould considers there are thirteen species; and these he has distributed into for new sub-genera. These birds are the most singular of any in the archipelago.
gloss: Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
pos: adj
examples: a man of singular gravity or attainments
gloss: Out of the ordinary; curious.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Referring to only one thing or person.
pos: adj
gloss: Having no inverse.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
pos: adj
gloss: Not equal to its own cofinality.
pos: adj
gloss: Each; individual.
pos: adj
examples: to convey several parcels of land, all and singular
Cel[adon]. […] Hovv do Meliſſa’s tvvo fair Daughters? / Aſt[eria]. VVhen you tell me vvhich of ’em you are in love vvith, I’le anſvver you. / Cel. VVhich of ’em, naughty ſiſter, vvhat a question’s there? VVith both of ’em, vvith each and singular of ’em.
gloss: Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: 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
gloss: A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
pos: noun
gloss: That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
pos: noun
Related words: plural
simple
simplex
single
singulus
Derived words: 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
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