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
Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
Jean Baudrillard
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
Perfection does not consist in any singular state or condition of life, or in any particular set of duties, but in holy and religious conduct of ourselves in every state of Life.
William Law
Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive.
Kinky Friedman
May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.
May Sarton
Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.
Allan Bloom
Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility.
Rick Perry
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
Alfred North Whitehead
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
A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Singular Translations
singular in German is Einzahl
singular in Italian is singolare
singular in Swedish is ovanlig
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