Definition of Singular

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Singular

Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.

Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

Existing by itself; single; individual.

Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.

Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural.

Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.

Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.

Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure.

Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.

An individual instance; a particular.

The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.

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Singular Quotations

Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive.
Kinky Friedman

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
Jean Baudrillard

I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.
David Brainerd

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
Alfred North Whitehead

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.
Allan Bloom

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.
Elizabeth Blackwell

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
Joan Didion

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
Tahar Ben Jelloun

I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life.
John Milius

This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe.
Michael Behe

Singular Translations

singular in German is Einzahl
singular in Italian is singolare
singular in Swedish is ovanlig

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