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singular

Syllabification: (sin·gu·lar)
Pronunciation: /ˈsiNGgyələr/
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Definition of singular

adjective

  • 1exceptionally good or great; remarkable:the singular beauty of the desert
  • strange or eccentric in some respect:no explanation accompanied this rather singular statement
  • Mathematics (of a square matrix) having a zero determinant.
  • Mathematics denoting a point that is a singularity.
  • 2 Grammar (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing.
  • 3single; unique:she always thought of herself as singular, as his only daughter

noun

(usually the singular) Grammar
  • the singular form of a word:the first person singular

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'solitary, single', also 'beyond the average'): from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis, from singulus (see single)

Grammar

One of the two numbers in English, singular and plural. Nouns, pronouns, and verbs can change according to whether they are singular or plural.

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Definition of singular in the British & World English dictionary

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