the singular
noun
grammar
: a form of a word that is used to refer to one person or thing
"Mouse" is the singular of "mice."
Rewrite the sentence in the singular.
Examples of the singular in a Sentence
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The house’s beauty — its warmth, its naked vulnerability — is both incidental and natural, a response to the singular mountain territory from which much of Ecuador’s most provocative new architecture rises.
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Michael Snyder Ana Topoleanu, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Thankfully, longtime fans weren’t disappointed last night, since with 20 instrumentalists wedged onto the Gilman Opera House stage, Bang on a Can Allstars expertly translated the singular harmonic complexity and pulsating dynamics of 18 Musicians.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 May 2024
In Formula 1 rumor mill math, the single point Fort Lauderdale’s Logan Sargeant has scored for Williams during the past two years plus the singular talent of 17-year-old Formula 2 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli equals Antonelli in Sargeant’s seat.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The use of the singular quote distorted the sentiment behind the encampment, said the group.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
But the singular forms of criteria, phenomena, and theses remain as criterion, phenomenon, and thesis.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
Gilded and gorgeous, this historic 1910 property reopened to much fanfare in 2021 (after a $100 million overhaul), re-establishing itself as the singular place to see and be seen in Spain’s capital city.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
Before Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) and George Lucas’ Star Wars (1977) set the templates for the next half century of Hollywood cinema, Coppola was the singular visionary of what was already recognized as the Second Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
What the ancient Assyrians could not have possibly predicted, however, was the singular stupidity of the current incarnation of the American right.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Michael Snyder Ana Topoleanu, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Thankfully, longtime fans weren’t disappointed last night, since with 20 instrumentalists wedged onto the Gilman Opera House stage, Bang on a Can Allstars expertly translated the singular harmonic complexity and pulsating dynamics of 18 Musicians.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 May 2024
In Formula 1 rumor mill math, the single point Fort Lauderdale’s Logan Sargeant has scored for Williams during the past two years plus the singular talent of 17-year-old Formula 2 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli equals Antonelli in Sargeant’s seat.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The use of the singular quote distorted the sentiment behind the encampment, said the group.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
But the singular forms of criteria, phenomena, and theses remain as criterion, phenomenon, and thesis.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
Gilded and gorgeous, this historic 1910 property reopened to much fanfare in 2021 (after a $100 million overhaul), re-establishing itself as the singular place to see and be seen in Spain’s capital city.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
Before Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) and George Lucas’ Star Wars (1977) set the templates for the next half century of Hollywood cinema, Coppola was the singular visionary of what was already recognized as the Second Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
What the ancient Assyrians could not have possibly predicted, however, was the singular stupidity of the current incarnation of the American right.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
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“The singular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20singular. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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