'Singular' definitions:
Definition of 'singular'
From: WordNet
adjective
Unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young" [syn: remarkable, singular]
adjective
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" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular]
adjective
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
adjective
Composed of one member, set, or kind [ant: plural]
adjective
Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit [ant: plural]
adjective
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" [syn: singular, unique]
noun
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn: singular, singular form] [ant: plural, plural form]
Definition of 'Singular'
From: GCIDE
- Singular \Sin"gu*lar\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See Single, a.]
- 1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- And God forbid that all a company Should rue a singular man's folly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To try the matter thus together in a singular combat. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual. [1913 Webster]
- The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon. [1913 Webster]
- So singular a sadness Must have a cause as strange as the effect. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure. [1913 Webster]
- His zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique. [1913 Webster]
- These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple point.
- Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
- Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in mass.
- Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands for a single individual. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange; odd; eccentric; fantastic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Singular'
From: GCIDE
- Singular \Sin"gu*lar\, n.
- 1. An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram) The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'singular'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a certain,
- abnormal,
- absolute,
- absurd,
- alone,
- an,
- anomalous,
- any,
- any one,
- appropriate,
- atomic,
- atypical,
- azygous,
- bizarre,
- celibate,
- certain,
- characteristic,
- concrete,
- conspicuous,
- crank,
- crankish,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- curious,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- deviant,
- deviative,
- different,
- discrete,
- distinct,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- divergent,
- dotty,
- dual,
- eccentric,
- either,
- eminent,
- erratic,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- exclusive,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fey,
- first and last,
- fixed,
- flaky,
- freaked out,
- freakish,
- freaky,
- funny,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- impair,
- important,
- in character,
- individual,
- indivisible,
- inner,
- integral,
- intimate,
- intrinsic,
- irreducible,
- irregular,
- isolated,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- lone,
- maggoty,
- marked,
- minute,
- monadic,
- monistic,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- number,
- nutty,
- odd,
- oddball,
- off,
- off the wall,
- offbeat,
- one,
- one and only,
- only,
- only-begotten,
- out,
- outlandish,
- outre,
- outstanding,
- particular,
- passing strange,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- plural,
- precise,
- private,
- prominent,
- proper,
- quaint,
- queer,
- quintessential,
- quirky,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- respective,
- screwball,
- screwy,
- separate,
- several,
- signal,
- significant,
- simple,
- single,
- sole,
- solid,
- solipsistic,
- solitary,
- solo,
- special,
- specific,
- strange,
- superior,
- trial,
- true to form,
- twisted,
- unanalyzable,
- uncommon,
- unconventional,
- undivided,
- unearthly,
- unexampled,
- uniform,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unitary,
- unnatural,
- unordinary,
- unpaired,
- unrepeatable,
- unrepeated,
- unthinkable,
- unusual,
- unwonted,
- wacky,
- weird,
- whimsical,
- whole,
- wondrous strange