Singular Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Adjective
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms
    • 1.3.2 Antonyms
    • 1.3.3 Derived terms
    • 1.3.4 Translations
  • 1.4 Noun
    • 1.4.1 Antonyms
    • 1.4.2 Translations
  • 1.5 External links
  • 1.6 See also
  • 1.7 Anagrams
• 2 Galician
  • 2.1 Adjective
• 3 Serbo-Croatian
  • 3.1 Noun
    • 3.1.1 Declension
    • 3.1.2 Synonyms
• 4 Spanish
  • 4.1 Adjective
  • 4.2 Noun

English

Etymology

From Middle English singuler < Old French < Latin singularis "alone of its kind" < Latin singulus "single".

Pronunciation

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Adjective

singular (comparative more singular, superlative most singular)

1. Being only one of a larger population.

   A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.

2. Being the only one of the kind; unique.
3. Distinguished by superiority, coming across as such.
4. Being out of the ordinary, coming across as such.
5. (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
6. (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
7. (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

Synonyms

• (being only one): individual
• (being the only one of a kind): unique
• (distinguished by superiority): exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable
• (being out of the ordinary): curious, eccentric, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, rum, rummy, unusual
• (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): non-invertible

Antonyms

• (grammar: referring to only one thing): plural
• (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): invertible, non-singular

Derived terms

• singularity

Noun

singular (plural singulars)

1. (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

Antonyms

• (grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing): plural

Translations

External links

• singular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• singular in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• singular at OneLook Dictionary Search

See also

• (grammatical numbers) grammatical number, number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural ^{(Category: Grammar)}
• simplex
• simple
• single
• singulus

Anagrams

• railguns, rail guns

Galician

Adjective

singular m. and f. (plural singulares)

1. singular

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȉngulār m. (Cyrillic spelling си̏нгула̄р)

1. singular

Declension

Synonyms

• jednìna

Spanish

Adjective

singular m. and f. (plural singulares)

1. singular

Noun

singular m. (plural singulares)

1. singular

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