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   singular

   /ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing: "the third person singular form of the verb"
   • ▪ single; unique: "she always thought of herself as singular, as his only daughter"
   • 2. exceptionally good or great; remarkable: "he had the singular good fortune not to die in the trenches" Similar remarkableextraordinaryexceptionaloutstandingstrikingsignaleminentespecialparticularnotablenoteworthyconspicuousdistinctiveimpressiverareuniqueunparalleledunprecedentedsuperiorsuperlativeamazingastonishingphenomenalastoundingsensationalspectacularinformal:tremendousawesomefantasticfabulousterrificstupendousunrealOpposite ordinaryrun-of-the-mill
   • ▪ strange or eccentric in some respect: "no explanation accompanied this rather singular statement" Similar strangeunusualoddpeculiarfunnycuriousextraordinarybizarreeccentricweirdqueeroutlandishoffbeatunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalaberrantatypicalunconventionalout of the ordinaryoff-centreincongruousunnaturalanomalousuntypicalpuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableoutréinformal:off the wallbackasswardsOpposite normalunsurprising
   • 3. (of a square matrix) having a zero determinant.
   • 4. relating to or of the nature of singularity.

   noun

   • 1. a singular word or form.
   • ▪ the singular number: "a word in the singular"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘solitary, single’, also ‘beyond the average’): from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis, from singulus (see single).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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