single out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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

sĭng′gəl out′ /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-single out.wav /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈæɔ̯t/ /ˌsəŋ.ɡəl ˈæʊ̯t/ /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈʌʊ̯t/ /ˌsɪŋ.ɡel ˈawʈ/

single out singles out singling out singled out

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

mark out pick out

in the crosshairs in the limelight in the spotlight peel off pick off separate

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