a noun in the singular

  • 1the singular — UK [ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə(r)] US [ˈsɪŋɡjələr] noun linguistics the form of a word that is used for referring to one person or thing Thesaurus: types and forms of word, clause or sentencehyponym * * * the singular …

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  • 2the singular — UK [ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə(r)] / US [ˈsɪŋɡjələr] noun linguistics the form of a word that is used for referring to one person or thing …

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  • 3singular — ► ADJECTIVE 1) exceptionally good or great; remarkable. 2) single; unique. 3) Grammar (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing. 4) strange or eccentric. ► NOUN Grammar ▪ the singular form of a word. DERIVATIVES …

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  • 4singular — sin|gu|lar [ sıŋgjələr ] adjective * 1. ) a singular noun, or the singular form of a noun, is a word that refers to one person or thing a ) a singular verb, or the singular form of a verb, is used for talking about actions taken by one person or… …

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  • 5singular */ — UK [ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə(r)] / US [ˈsɪŋɡjələr] adjective 1) a) linguistics a singular noun, or the singular form of a noun, is a word that refers to one person or thing b) a singular verb, or the singular form of a verb, is used for talking about actions… …

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  • 6singular — adjective 1》 Grammar (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing.     ↘single; unique. 2》 exceptionally good or great; remarkable.     ↘strange or eccentric in some respect. 3》 Mathematics (of a square matrix) having a… …

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  • 7Singular they — is a popular, non technical expression for uses of the pronoun they (and its inflected forms) when plurality is not required by the context. The Chicago Manual of Style notes: On the one hand, it is unacceptable to a great many reasonable readers …

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  • 8The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran —   …

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  • 9noun — ADJECTIVE ▪ plural, singular ▪ ‘Sheep’ is both a singular and a plural noun. ▪ countable ▪ mass, uncountable ▪ …

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  • 10singular value decomposition — noun A particular type of factorisation of a matrix into a product of three matrices, of which the second is a diagonal matrix that has as the entries on its diagonal the singular values of the original matrix …

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