Definition of "singular" []

• Being only one; individual. (adjective)
• Being the only one of a kind; unique. (adjective)
• Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable. (adjective)
• Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. See Synonyms at strange. (adjective)
• Grammar Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit. (adjective)

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• "On such accounts, syntactically plural reference is semantically singular; there is a sense of ˜singular™ in which"
• "The nominative _girl_ is here of the singular number, because it signifies but one person; and the verb _writes_ denotes but one action, which the girl performs; therefore the verb _writes_ is of the _singular_ number, agreeing with its nominative _girl_."
• "Also by the term singular, I stick to only mathematical definition rather than its physical existence."