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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")
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