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singular in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
    curious  funny  odd  peculiar  queer  rum  rummy  singular 
  2. unusual or striking
    "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"
    remarkable  singular 
  3. grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
    singular 
  4. composed of one member, set, or kind
    singular 
  5. being a single and separate person or thing
    "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James
    singular 
  6. the single one of its kind
    "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions"
    singular  unique 
noun
  1. the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
    singular  singular form 
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