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singular

singular

33 2.7
Referring to one person or thing, not more than one
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪŋɡjələr/
  • Specialized
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  • A crime that has baffled even her closest advisors, and only my singular intellect can solve it.
  • third person singular
  • singular and plural
  • singular noun

You think that this one singular org holds all of my power?

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Examples

  • That is my singular focus at business.

  • There is one singular reason I keep coming here.

  • Because it's the singular thing that grows anything.

  • But it is the singular day after Thanksgiving.

  • The Navy needs a singular landing zone.

  • Social media marketing is the absolute singular advantage in the marketplace.

  • Our light source is a singular skylight.

  • We only have singular elements that kind of work on their own, but they haven't come together yet.

  • But also at the end of the day, Jiu Jitsu is the best singular martial art.

  • The teacher explained that in this class, we will study the singular form of nouns first.

Synonyms

individual
vssingular
847 3.0

Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style

is the grammatical adjective for one person or thing only

Antonyms

38 1.0

Relates to more than one person or thing, often in grammar

Compounds

singular matrix
  • Specialized
8.8

A square matrix with determinant zero that has no inverse

singular proposition
  • Specialized
9.5

A statement that talks about one particular person or thing

singular form
  • Specialized
1.8

The form of a word used for one person or thing

How Many Variables

multivariate
  • Specialized
4 7.5
bivariate
  • Specialized
1 9.0
singular
  • Specialized
33 2.7

Surface Forms

singular positive
singularer comparative
singularest superlative

Morphology

singular = single (transparent) = singul + ar

The word 'singular' is transparently formed from 'single' plus the suffix '-ar', indicating relating to one.

Etymology

Singular comes from a Latin word meaning 'one' and carries the same idea as the familiar English word single. So in grammar, singular means referring to one person or one thing, not more than one.