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singular
 
SYLLABICATION:sin·gu·lar
PRONUNCIATION:  snggy-lr
ADJECTIVE:1. Being only one; individual. 2. Being the only one of a kind; unique. 3. Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable. 4. Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. See synonyms at strange. 5. Grammar a. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit. b. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject. 6. Logic Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
NOUN: Grammar 1. The singular number or a form designating it. 2. A word having a singular number.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulris, from singulus, single. See single.
OTHER FORMS:singu·lar·lyADVERB
singu·lar·nessNOUN
 
 
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