singular

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: sin‧gu‧lar

Adjective

Positive singular

Comparative more singular

Superlative most singular

1. If a noun is singular in English grammar, it refers to only one thing.

   If I say, "one cat", that's singular, but if I say, "a lot of cats", that's plural.

2. If something is singular, then it is unique.

   The singular appearance of the man caught his attention.

Synonyms

• unique

Antonyms

• plural