single out
To select from a group and highlight them or treat them differentlyTo select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.
» I don't think it's fair to single Tom out.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.
Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
gesondert behandeln, aussondern, auswählen
обособля́тьobosobljátʹ, обосо́битьobosóbitʹ, отбира́тьotbirátʹ
select from a group
Examples
21 sentencesI don't think it's fair to single Tom out.
I don't think that it's fair to single Tom out.
I don't think that it's fair to single out Tom.
Tom was singled out for praise.
His company was singled out as the most successful small business in the region.
ruЕго компанию отметили как самое успешное небольшое предприятие в регионе. — Ooneykcall
Translations
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Origin
From single (“to take alone, or one by one”, intransitive archaic verb) + out. First attesFrom single (“to take alone, or one by one”, intransitive archaic verb) + out. First attested in 1629.
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Forms
singles out, singling out, singled out, singled out| Base form | single out · to single out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | singles out |
| Present participle | singling out |
| Past simple | singled out |
| Past participle | singled out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonyms- treat differently on the basis of sex or race:discriminateseparate
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb