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| sin·gu·lar [ síng gyələr ] |
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1. exceptional: especially great or remarkable
  He had the singular misfortune of encountering a man-eating tiger on a day when he had left his gun at home.
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2. unusual: unusual, odd, or striking
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3. sole: being only one, or the only one of a kind
He had hitherto thought of himself as singular, as Rachael's only son.
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4. grammar not plural: referring to one person or thing
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5. logic standing for individual thing: used to describe a term intended to stand for an individual thing, or a proposition containing such a term
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noun |
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1. singular form of word: the form of a word that is used when referring to one person or thing
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2. logic thing in isolation: something considered solely by itself
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin singularis "alone of its kind" < singulus (see single)] |
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| sin·gu·lar·ly adverb |
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