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adj/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ//ˈsɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/
  1. 1

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

    • A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
  2. 2

    Being the only one of the kind; unique.

    • She has a singular personality.
  3. 3

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

    • a man of singular gravity or attainments
  4. 4

    Out of the ordinary; curious.

    • It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
  5. 5

    Referring to only one thing or person.

  6. 6

    Having no inverse.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    Not equal to its own cofinality.

  9. 9

    Each; individual.

    • to convey several parcels of land, all and singular
  10. 10

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

    • Thus made he an end, and the two princes allowed well of his last motion, and so order was taken, that they should fight togither in a singular combat
noun/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ//ˈsɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/
  1. 1

    A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

  2. 2

    That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.

  3. 3

    A group of boars.collective

    • He rode as it were mechanically forward with his late counsellors, Diego and Gonsalez, at his side; and though, when "a singular of boars" was hunted out from his covert by the fierce Alauntes, the king followed up the chase, and even threw
    • The harts and hinds in their herds, the boars in their singulars, the skulls of foxes, the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves - all came to him more or less as something which you either s

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