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singular
01
referring to a single item or entity
Examples
As the singular heir to the estate, he inherited everything.
Examples
His singular habit of collecting spoons from every country puzzled his friends.
03
(grammar) describing words that are indicating the presence of only one person or thing
Examples
The word " apple " is in the singular form, referring to just one piece of fruit.
04
exceptionally unique or noticeably different from the norm in a good way
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most singular
Comparative
more singular
gradable
Examples
The artist 's singular style made his work stand out in the gallery.
05
(of a matrix) having a determinant that is zero
Examples
The matrix was found to be singular, so it could not be inverted.
06
related to the characteristics of a point where a function, equation, or physical quantity becomes undefined or infinite
Examples
The equations broke down at the singular point, where the values became infinite.
Singular
01
the grammatical form of a word used to show a single person, thing, or unit, as opposed to its plural form
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
singulars
Examples
The singular of " children " is " child. "
Lexical Tree
singularly
singular
single
