English Explanatory Dictionary

singular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
  2. Being the only one of the kind; unique.
  3. Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
  4. Out of the ordinary; curious.
  5. Referring to only one thing or person.
  6. Having no inverse.
  7. Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
  8. Not equal to its own cofinality.
  9. Each; individual.
  10. Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
noun
  1. A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
  2. That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.

Pronunciation

sĭng'-gyə-lər /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ sĭng'-gyo͝o-lə /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/ En-us-singular.ogg

Word forms

singular more singular most singular sing. sg. sg singulars

Etymology

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

Synonyms

individual concrete discrete particular peculiar proper singular specific unique alone azygous incomparable matchless nonpareil only peerless sui generis unequaled unparalleled unmatched unrivalled exceptional extraordinary remarkable curious eccentric funny odd rum rummy strange unusual aberrant abnormal alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband bizarre booky deviant discrepant eerie eldritch errant fey forby freak freakish freaky fremd heteroclite hinky incongruous incongruitous irregular kooky monstrous nonstandard outlandish out of the ordinary

Antonyms

general catholic common ecumenical generic nonsingular nonspecific universal unparticular unsingular unspecific plural invertible non-singular

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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