singular

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   being a single and separate person or thing

   Can the singular person be understood apart from their culture, or can they only be perceived as a sample of the whole?

2. 2
   adj

   the single one of its kind

   a singular example

3. 3
   adj

   Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.

   A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.

4. 4
   adj

   Being the only one of the kind; unique.

   She has a singular personality.

5. 5
   adj

   Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.

   a man of singular gravity or attainments

6. 6
   adj

   Out of the ordinary; curious.

   It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.

7. 7
   adj

   Each; individual.

   to convey several parcels of land, all and singular

8. 8
   adj

   Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

   Thus made he an end, and the two princes allowed well of his last motion, and so order was taken, that they should fight togither in a singular combat

Etymology

From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).