singular

Definitions


[ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing
(e.g: the third person singular form of the verb)

- exceptionally good or great; remarkable
(e.g: he had the singular good fortune not to die in the trenches)

- (of a square matrix) having a zero determinant

- relating to or of the nature of singularity


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘solitary, single’, also ‘beyond the average’): from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis, from singulus (see single)


[ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a singular word or form


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘solitary, single’, also ‘beyond the average’): from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis, from singulus (see single)




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