Definition of Singular form

1. Noun. The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton.

Exact synonyms: Singular
Generic synonyms: Descriptor, Form, Signifier, Word Form
Antonyms: Plural

Lexicographical Neighbors of Singular Form

singlism
singlist
singlists
singly
singly even
sings
sings along
singsong
singsongs
singsongy
singspiel
singspiels
singster
singsters
singular
singular form (current term)
singular matrix
singular they
singular value decomposition
singulare tantum
singularia tantum
singularise
singularist
singularists
singularitarian
singularitarians
singularities
singularity
singularize
singularized

Literary usage of Singular form

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sociological Study of the Bible by Lucy Blanche (Littelton) Masterman, Louis Wallis, William Shakespeare (1912)
"The singular form occurs only about 200 times in the Old Testament; ... And since the singular form el indicates "power," the use of the plural in this ..."

2. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... BAYA SPARROW—Its colour and social habits—singular form of the nest. HAVING now taken a cursory glance at the pensile nests constructed by the feathered ..."

3. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"Means is used in both the singular and the plural, though it has a singular form, mean, which is sometimes used. Billiards has the sense of a game ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"A singular form OF THE CHRISTMAS FERN. The accompanying plate shows two curiously transformed fronds of the common Christmas fern, ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"A singular form OF THE CHRISTMAS FERN. The accompanying plate shows two curiously transformed fronds of the common Christmas fern, ..."

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