Singular

Definition: Singular

Singular

Adjective

1. Unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young".

2. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior".

3. Being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James.

4. Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit.

5. The single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions".

Noun

1. The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "singular" was first used: sometime around 1340. (references)

Synonyms: Singular

Speciality

Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical.

Unconformity

Singular, unique, one-of-a-kind.

Unity

Unaccompanied, unattended; solus, single-handed; singular, odd, unique, unrepeated, azygous, first and last; isolated; (disjoined); insular.

Adverb: singly; Adjective: alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract; one by one, one at a time; simply; one and a half, sesqui-.

Crosswords: Singular

German (singular), Portuguese (curious, interesting, novel, odd, particular, peculiar, quaint, queer, remarkable, rum, single, singular, special, strange), Romanian (peculiar, singular), Serbo-Croatian (singular), Spanish (discrete, odd, only, remarkable, single, singly, singular, solitary, unique).

To me, she will always be a singular unforgettable event, the only time I ever took leave of my objectivity. (Zero Effect; writing credit: Jake Kasdan)

Sherlock Holmes in the Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache (1965)

A Singular Cynic (1916)

Una Pasión singular (2003)

Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular (2002)

Absurd Person Singular (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Singular Man (reference)

• An Innocent in Scotland: More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• First Person Singular - Elie Wiesel (reference)

• I. M. Pei: First Person Singular (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Singular Voices: Brahms, Schumann, and The Viola (reference)

• One Singular Sensation (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The dangerous playmate--A singular instance of fascination. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

His royal renown sometimes attracted singular presents.

Then he asked Jack Lawton to decline the noun mare and Jack Lawton stopped at the ablative singular and could not go on with the plural.

Among the rest there was one person whose case appeared a little singular.

It is very natural in its methods withal, far more so than many fantastic enterprises and sentimental experiments, and hence its singular success.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Nephrotic syndrome results from damage to the kidneys' glomeruli (the singular form is glomerulus). (references)

Economic History

Algeria

Administrative divisions: 48 provinces (wilayet; singular, wilaya). (references)

Switzerland

The six, formerly government-owned, armament plants were privatized in early 1999 and amalgamated into one singular body -- the RUAG SUISSE company. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "singular": in the singular number ♦ singular form ♦ singular matrix ♦ singular number ♦ singular point ♦ singular point in a curve ♦ singular proposition ♦ singular succession ♦ singular term. Additional references.

Beginning with "singular": singular-universal.

Ending with "singular": non-singular, on-singular.

Albanian

njëjës, i rrallë (curious, far between, infrequent, out of the way, rare, scarce, sparse, stray, thin, uncommon, unwonted), i pazakonshëm (new, object, out, rare, strange, uncommon, unwonted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فذ (alone, incomparable, individual, matchless, nonesuch, peerless, single, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unusual), ‏فريد (individual, matchless, peerless, single, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled), ‏فردي (individual, personal, single, solitary, solo), ‏مفرد (odd, one, single, sole, solitary), ‏غريب (absurd, alien, anomalous, antic, bizarre, eerie, eery, exotic, extraneous, fanciful, foreign, freakish, funny, grotesque, intruder, ludicrous, new, odd, outlandish, outsider, peculiar, potty, quaint, queer, rum, senseless, strange, stranger, tall, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unfamiliar, unnatural, whimsical), ‏صيغة المفرد, ‏المفرد, ‏إستثنائي (especial, exceptional, exceptive, extraneous, extraordinary, freak, freaked, mighty, out of the ordinary, particular, phenomenal, premium, prodigious, rare, remarkable, special, terrific, thundering, uncommon, unusual), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏شخصي (individual, particular, private, subjective), ‏شاذ (aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bastard, bizarre, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extraordinary, extravagant, far fetched, freak, intriguing, irregular, monstrous, moonstruck, odd, off beat, outlandish, preternatural, prodigious, queer, rogue, scatty, stupendous, thumping, wild). (various references)

Bulgarian 

странен (bizarre, comic, comical, fantastic, fantastical, freakish, funny, grotesque, novel, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, remarkable, rum, rummy, screwy, strange, uncanny, unco, unheard of, weird, whimsical), рядък (close, fine, infrequent, occasional, one in a thousand, rare, recherche, sparse, thin, uncommon, washy), чудат (comic, comical, crackpot, eccentric, extravagant, faddish, faddy, odd, peculiar, pixilated, quaint, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwy, vagrant, viewy), отделен (detached, discrete, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, particular, self contained, separate, several, single, solitary, stray, unattached), необикновен (devilish, different, distinct, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, freak, freakish, novel, out, out of the ordinary, out of the way, phenomenal, portentous, quaint, remarkable, special, unaccustomed, unaverage, uncommon, unconventional, unheard of, unusual, weird), ексцентричен (bizarre, cranky, eccentric, kinky, lunatic, off beat, original, outrageous, outre, peculiar, pixilated, queer, viewy), единствено число, единствен (one, only, single, sole, solitary). (various references)

Chinese 

单一 (sole, unitary). (various references)

Czech

zvláštní (curious, extra, extraordinary, funny, individual, intriguing, odd, outlandish, particular, peculiar, quaint, queer, special, strange, unique, weird), pozoruhodný (extraordinary, impressive, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, portentous, remarkable, signal, spectacular, striking, uncommon), neobyèejný (extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, special, spectacular, strange, uncommon, unusual), jednotné èíslo, jednoduchý (easy, elementary, homely, mere, open and shut, simple, single, unsophisticated), jedineèný (golden, incomparable, nonesuch, one and only, peerless, unique, unparalleled, unrepeatable, unrivalled). (various references)

Danish

saerpraeget (individual), unik (individual), individuel (individual), enkeltstaaende (individual, single, solitary). (various references)

Dutch

singularis (individual), enkelvoud (sing.), enkelv. (sing.). (various references)

Farsi 

فوق العاده (Extra, Extraordinary, Inestimable, Phenomenal, Precious, Strenuous, Supernatural, Terrific), یکتاءی (Oneness, Singularity), فرید, فرد (Azygos, Individual, Odd, Single, Specimen, Subject, Unique, Unit), مفرد, منحصربفردی (Singularity), غریب (Curious, Eccentric, Extravagant, Immigrant, Lonely, Nostalgic, Romantic, Stranger, Uncanny, Unco, Unheard, Unmoral, Unusual, Weird, Whimsical, Wonder), غرابت (Oddity, Peculiarity, Singularity), تک (Attack, Azygos, Individual, Lone, Odd, One, Particular, Segregate, Single, Solitaire, Solo), صیغه مفرد, خارق العاده (Unco, Weird), شگفتی (Amazement, Marvel, Portent, Prodigy, Singularity). (various references)

Finnish

yksikkö (unit), yksiköllinen. (various references)

French

singulier (single). (various references)

German

Einzahl (sing.), Singular (sing.). (various references)

Greek 

μοναδικόσ (monadic, monadical, one and only, sui genesis, unique), ενικόσ αριθμόσ (singular number), ενικόσ, ασυνήθησ (abnormal, extraordinary, odd, uncommon, unconventional, unfamiliar, unusual, unwonted). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיוח�" (distinctive, especial, particular, peculiar, special, specific), מספר יחי�", יוצא �"ופן (eccentric, erratic, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, irregular, maverick, signal, unusual), יחי�"י (alone), יחי�" במי� ו (peculiar, unique), לשון יחי�". (various references)

Hungarian

egyes számú, egyes szám (first person, number one, singular number). (various references)

Indonesian

tunggal (sole). (various references)

Italian

singolare (bizarre, curious, newfangled, rare, rummy, strange, unexampled, unusual). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

珍無類 (extraodinary, incredible), 特異 (unique), 異例 (exception, exceptional, illness, unprecedented), 単数 , 一風変った (eccentric, peculiar). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

た�"すう, いっぷうかわった (eccentric, original, peculiar, queer, unconventional), いれい (authority, comfort the spirit, exception, exceptional, illness, unconventionality, unprecedented, violation of law), とくい (client, customer, one's forte, one's specialty, one's strong point, pride, prosperity, triumph, unique), ち�"むるい (extraodinary, incredible). (various references)

Korean 

� 일한 (sole, unique). (various references)

Manx

unnaneys (identity, oneness, sameness, singularize), unnaneagh (particular, unanimous), neuchadjin (especial, exceptional, odd, out of the way, rare, uncommon). (various references)

Pig Latin

ingularsay

Portuguese

singular (curious, interesting, novel, odd, particular, peculiar, quaint, queer, remarkable, rum, single, special, strange), peculiar (own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, rightdown, separate, special, specific), notável (considerable, conspicuous, curious, distinguish, distinguishing, extraordinary session, great, interesting, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, observableness, pre eminent, quaint, remarkable, salient, shining, striking, telling, uncommon), invulgar (exceptional, extraordinary, fancy, heavy burden, kink, rare, strange, stunning, thundering, transcendent, unco, uncommon, unique, unknown, unusual, unwonted), extraordinário (amazing, exquisite, extra, extraordinary, formidable, king size, miraculous, particular, phenomenal, prodigious, rare, remarkable, sensational, shining, special, sublime, surpassing, transcendent, tremendous, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), excepcional (exceptional, excerpt, excessive charges, extra, extraordinary, king size, over, rare, remarkable, special, superior, uncommon, unusual). (various references)

Romanian

straniu (awesome, bizarre, curiously, eerie, eery, funny, novel, odd, out of the way, particular, peculiar, queer, rum, strange, strangely, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, weird, whimsical), singular (peculiar), simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, primitive, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished), unic (exclusive, one, only, single, sole, unique), neobişnuit (different, exceptional, extraordinary, fresh, novel, odd, out, out of the way, particular, portentous, remarkable, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, unused, unusual, unwonted), izbitor (arresting, conspicuous, effective, salient, staring, striking), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, extra, in a class by itself, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), ciudat (cranky, curious, droll, eccentric, extraordinary, extravagant, fanciful, fancy, freakish, funny, intriguing, kinky, odd, out of the way, outlandish, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, quaint, queer, rum, rummy, strange, strangely, uncouth, unusual, weird, whimsical), caraghios (antic, blockhead, booby, buffoon, comic, dolt, eccentric, fool, foolish, funny, ridiculous, ridiculously, screaming, strange, zany), bizar (bizarre, droll, extravagant, fancy, quaint, queer, rummy, strange, strangely, whimsical). (various references)

Russian 

единственный (only, single, sole, the only). (various references)

Scottish

na (all that, greater than that, let not, not, or, q.v., than, that, the, the genitive singular case of the art. before fem.n., the neg.part. before v. beginning with con., the nom. and dat.plur. case of the art. before n. beginning, those which, those who, was longer; na b' = past tense of na 's, what, where they, whom). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

singular, pojedinačni, jedninski, jednina, jedinstven (inimitable, peculiar, sole, unique, united, unprecedented). (various references)

Spanish

solo (a, all alone, alone, lone, lonely, lonesome, mere, neat, one, only, single, sole, solitary, solo), singular (discrete, odd, only, remarkable, single, singly, solitary, unique), raro (curious, Dandy, definite, dignified, dingy, droll, exotic, extraordinary, extravagant, few and far between, frothy, funny, ichneumon, infrequent, lead, odd, oddball, oddish, odds-on, outlandishness, peculiar, queerish, quirky, rare, rum, scarce, strange, uncanny, unusual, vintage, weird), original (aboriginal, creative, first, inventive, manuscript, master copy, novel, odd, oddity, origin, original, primal, prime, pristine, quaint, queer, quiz), extraño (alien, bizarre, dago, droll, eerie, extraneous, foreign, kinky, odd, oddish, out of the way, peculiar, quaint, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, strange, stranger, uncommon, weird), excepcional (banner, exceptionable, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, rare, unusual), único (a, alone, exclusive, non-recurring, one, one off, only, only thing, single, sole, solitary, unique). (various references)

Swedish

ovanlig (be exceptional, exceptional, extraordinary, fancy, freakish, infrequent, off beat, offbeat, out of the way, rare, unusual). (various references)

Turkish

tuhaf (antic, bizarre, comical, cranky, curious, droll, erratic, flaky, funnily, funny, funny peculiar, laughable, odd, offbeat, peculiar, peregrine, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwball, screwy, splay, strange, twee, unaccustomed, uncouth, unusual, weird, whimsical), tekil isim, tekil, tek (exclusive, fellow, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, individual, lone, mono-, odd, one, one and only, only, single, sole, solitary, uneven, uni-, unique), olağandışı (abnormal, extraordinary, offbeat, out of the common, out of the ordinary, out of the way, preternatural, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), kişisel (closet, individual, intimate, personal, private, self), eşsiz (heavenly, in a class of one's own, incomparable, inimitable, irreplaceable, matchless, nonesuch, nonpareil, peerless, unequalled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled, unsurpassed, without a peer), bireysel (individual, individualistic, separate), acayip (antic, bizarre, bughouse, comical, comically, crotchety, curious, droll, exotic, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, flaky, freak, freakish, grotesque, incongruous, kinky, kooky, novel, odd, out of the way, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwball, some, splendiferous, strange, uncanny, unco, unusual, weird). (various references)

Turkmen 

aяra (unique). (various references)

Ukrainian

самітний (alone, cloistered, close, desolate, friendless, lone, private, privy, single, solitary, widowed), чудний (antic, bizarre, droll, erratic, funny, odd, oddball, oddish, outlandish, strange), �"диний (last, mere, one, only, only begotten, single, sole), винятковий (egregious, especial, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, only, particular, preternatural, single, surpassing), окремий предмет (piece), однина. (various references)

Vietnamese 

kỳ dị (arabesque, baroque, bizarre, curious, strange, uncommon, weird, whimsical), cá nhân đặc biệt, độc nhất (solely). (various references)

Welsh

unigol (individual). (various references)

egregia, egregiae, egregii, egregium, egregius, peculiarem, peculiaria, peculiaris, sg., sing., singulare, singularis, singulariter, singularum, unica, unicam, unicis, unicum, unicus. (various references)

singuler. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "singular": singularities, singularity, singularize, singularized, singularizes, singularizing, singularly, singulars. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Singular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cingula, Ingelram, Sanlucar, sanquar, Sengul, singulary, singuler, Sinularia. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: insular, langurs, nilgaus, rulings, urinals.

-2 letters: algins, aligns, argils, glairs, gnarls, grails, grains, langur, lasing, liangs, ligans, lingas, lingua, lunars, lungis, luring, nilgau, rasing, ruling, signal, sluing, unrigs, urials, urinal.

-3 letters: airns, algin, align, anils, argil, argus, arils, auris, gains, garni, gaurs, girls, girns, glair, glans, glias, gnarl, gnars, grail, grain, grans, grins.

+1 letter: singulars.

+2 letters: granulites, granulosis, inaugurals, languisher, lustrating, neuralgias, neuroglias, pleasuring, resaluting, ruralising, singularly, unsnarling, vulgarians.

+3 letters: brutalising, languishers, multigrains, nonsurgical, regulations, seigneurial, singularity, singularize, sporulating, spurgalling, submarginal, subregional, unsparingly, unstartling, vulgarising.

+4 letters: angularities, centrifugals, fulgurations, gastrulating, gastrulation, granulations, gratulations, illustrating, naturalising, neutralising, outsparkling, pelargoniums, popularising, reassuringly, sanguinarily, secularising, secularizing, singularized, singularizes, slaughtering, stridulating, surpassingly, transvaluing, triangulates, ungraciously, unscrambling, urbanologies, urbanologist, vainglorious.

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