noun, adjective
noun (grammar) a form of a noun or verb that refers to one person or thing:
The singular of 'bacteria' is 'bacterium'. * The verb should be in the singular.
comparePLURAL
Part of speech: adjective
1 (grammar) connected with or having the singular form:
a singular noun / verb / ending
2 (formal) very great or obvious:
landscape of singular beauty * He shows a singular lack of concern for other people's feelings.
3 (literary) unusual; strange:
a singular style of dress / writing
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for singular is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is singular a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, singular is tagged as adjective.
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