Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
being out of the ordinary:
Русский
By meaning 3
being only one of larger population:
being the only one of a kind:
being out of the ordinary:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
being only one of larger population:
being the only one of a kind:
being out of the ordinary:
grammar: referring to only one thing:
linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse:

Examples

32 sentences

  1. A noun can be singular or plural.

    ruСуществительное может быть в единственном или множественном числе. — marafon

    deEin Hauptwort kann in der Einzahl oder in der Mehrzahl stehen. — raggione

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  2. There are many religions, but the truth is singular.

    ruРелигий много, а истина одна. — Ivanovb

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  3. This word is not used in singular.

    Це слово в однині не вживається. — Walentinio

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Meaning

10 senses

  1. Out of the ordinary; curious.

    It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.

    ungewöhnlich

    своеобра́зныйsvojeobráznyj, необыкнове́нныйneobyknovénnyj

    своєрі́днийsvojerídnyj

  2. Referring to only one thing or person.

    singularisch

    еди́нственныйjedínstvennyj

  3. Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.

    A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.

    einzeln

    еди́нственныйjedínstvennyj

More meanings 7

  1. Being the only one of the kind; unique.

    She has a singular personality.

    einzigartig

    едини́чныйjediníčnyj

  2. Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.

    a man of singular gravity or attainments

    einzigartig

  3. Having no inverse.

    singulär

  4. Each; individual.

    to convey several parcels of land, all and singular

  5. Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

  6. Not equal to its own cofinality.

  7. (obsolete)Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

More definitions
  • unusual or striking
  • beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  • being a single and separate person or thing
  • composed of one member, set, or kind

Origin

From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”)

From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).

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Forms

more singular, most singular
Comparativemore singular Lesson
Superlativemost singular Lesson

regular

Synonyms

83 synonyms
Out of the ordinary:curiousB1eccentricC1funnyA1oddB2strangeA1unusualA2abnormalB1bizarreB2deviantC2freakB2incongruousC2irregularB1queerB2rareB1
Being only one of a larger population:individualB1concreteB2particularB2peculiarB1properA2specificA2discrete
Being the only one of the kind:uniqueB1aloneA2onlyA1azygousincomparablematchlessnonpareilpeerlesssui generisunequaledunparalleledunmatchedunrivalled
Distinguished by superiority:exceptionalB2extraordinaryB1remarkableB1
Having no inverse:non-invertible
Close in meaning

Antonyms

14 antonyms
Referring to only one thing or person:pluralA2
Being only one of a larger population:generalB1commonA2universalB2catholicecumenicalgenericnonsingularnonspecificunparticularunsingularunspecific
Having no inverse:invertiblenon-singular

Word family

19 related words
Relatedsingularity
Derivedcosingularequisingularfirst-person singularhypersingularnonsingularsecond-person singularsingularismsingularistsingularizationsingularizesingularlysingular matrixsingularnesssingular statementsingular termsupersingularthird-person singularunsingular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
singleA2singlysingularitysinistersinkB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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