singular

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sin|gu|lar /s'ɪŋgjʊlər/
1 [ADJ]
The singular form of a word is the form that is used when referring to one person or thing.
...the fifteen case endings of the singular form of the Finnish noun...
The word `you' can be singular or plural.
≠ plural
2 [N-SING] the N
The singular of a noun is the form of it that is used to refer to one person or thing.
The singular of Inuit is Inuk.
≠ plural
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Singular means very great and remarkable. (FORMAL)
...a smile of singular sweetness...
● singularly [ADV] ADV adj/adv
It seemed a singularly ill-judged enterprise for Truman to undertake.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you describe someone or something as singular, you mean that they are strange or unusual. (OLD-FASHIONED)
Cardinal Meschia was without doubt a singular character...
Where he got that singular notion I just can't think.
= peculiar
● singularity [N-UNCOUNT]
...his abrupt, turbulent style and the singularity of his appearance.
= peculiaritysin|gu|lar noun (singular nouns)
[N-COUNT]
A singular noun is a noun such as `standstill' or `vicinity' that does not have a plural form and always has a determiner such as `a' or `the' in front of it.

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