singular

adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is

singular in one so young" [syn: {remarkable}]

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}]

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: grammatical number category referring to a single item or

unit [ant: {plural}]

5: 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: {unique}]

n : the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:

{singular form}] [ant: {plural}]