Singular - Definition

adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is
singular in one so young" [syn: remarkable, singular]
2: 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" [syn:
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum,
rummy, singular]
3: 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: composed of one member, set, or kind [ant: plural]
5: grammatical number category referring to a single item or
unit [ant: plural]
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" [syn: singular, unique]
n 1: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:
singular, singular form] [ant: plural, plural form]