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Definition of Single out
1. Verb. Select from a group. "They single out him to write the letter"; "She was singled out for her outstanding performance"
2. Verb. Treat differently on the basis of sex or race.
Specialized synonyms: Insulate, Isolate, Hive Off, Segregate, Redline, Disadvantage, Disfavor, Disfavour
Generic synonyms: Differentiate, Distinguish, Secern, Secernate, Separate, Severalise, Severalize, Tell, Tell Apart
Derivative terms: Discrimination, Discriminator, Discriminatory, Discriminatory, Discriminatory, Separative
Definition of Single out
1. Verb. (transitive) To select one from a group and treat differently ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Single Out
Literary usage of Single out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"360 By what strange features Vice hath known To single out and mark her own I
Yet some there are whose brows retain Less deeply stamped her brand and stain. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"His cantigas acquired great popularity, and it is sometimes difficult to single
out his compositions from the mass of those claimed by the people as their ..."
3. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... may single out one side of a relation.— Moreover for the purposes of the police
power the same transaction may have very different aspects as it ..."
4. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Police power may single out one side of a relation.— Moreover for the purposes
of the police power the same transaction may have very different aspects as ..."
5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Police power may single out one side of a relation.— Moreover for the purposes
of the police power the same transaction may have very different aspects as ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"To individualize is to single out from the species." So that an individual banker
is a person banking alone. People v. Doty, 80 NY 225, 228. ..."
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