Definition of singular

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sin·gu·lar    (snggy-lr) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Being only one; individual.
2. Being the only one of a kind; unique.
3. Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable.
4. Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. See Synonyms at strange.
5. Grammar
   1. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
   2. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
6. Logic Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.

NOUN:
Grammar

1. The singular number or a form designating it.
2. A word having a singular number.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulris, from singulus, single ; see single

OTHER FORMS:
singu·lar·ly(Adverb), singu·lar·ness(Noun)