Grep of noun singular
singular
singular form
singular matrix
singularity
Overview of noun singular
The noun singular has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. singular, singular form -- (the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton)
Overview of adj singular
The adj singular has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) remarkable, singular -- (unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young")
2. (1) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (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")
3. (1) singular -- (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)
4. singular -- (grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit)
5. singular, unique -- (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")
Antonyms of adj singular
5 senses of singular
Sense 1
remarkable, singular
INDIRECT (VIA extraordinary) -> ordinary
Sense 2
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar
Sense 3
singular
INDIRECT (VIA individual) -> common
Sense 4
singular (vs. plural)
plural (vs. singular)
=> dual
Sense 5
singular, unique
INDIRECT (VIA single) -> multiple
Similarity of adj singular
5 senses of singular
Sense 1
remarkable, singular
=> extraordinary (vs. ordinary)
Sense 2
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
=> strange (vs. familiar), unusual
Sense 3
singular
=> individual (vs. common)
Sense 4
singular (vs. plural)
Sense 5
singular, unique
=> single(postnominal) (vs. multiple)
Attributes of adj singular
Familiarity of adj singular
singular used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5)
Grep of adj singular
singular
Overview of noun singular
The noun singular has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. singular, singular form -- (the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton)
Overview of adj singular
The adj singular has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) remarkable, singular -- (unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young")
2. (1) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (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")
3. (1) singular -- (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)
4. singular -- (grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit)
5. singular, unique -- (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 definition
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