Definition of sing, Meaning of sing, Translation of sing

sing Click to Search sing
verb 1. deliver by singing (Freq. 46) - example : Sing Christmas carols • Derivationally related forms: song, singer, singing • Topics: music • Hypernyms: interpret, render • Hyponyms: solmizate, troll, hymn, carol, madrigal • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : They will sing the duet 2. produce tones with the voice (Freq. 35) - example : She was singing while she was cooking - example : My brother sings very well • Derivationally related forms: song, singer, singing • Topics: music • Hypernyms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise • Hyponyms: place, troll, croon, chant, intone, intonate, cantillate, yodel, warble, descant, trill, quaver, treble, hum, belt out, belt, descant on, vocalize, vocalise, harmonize, harmonise, sing along, psalm, minstrel, solmizate, tweedle, chirp, choir, chorus • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s - example : Somebody ----s PP - example : Somebody ----s to somebody - example : Sam and Sue sing 3. to make melodious sounds (Freq. 3) - example : The nightingale was singing • Derivationally related forms: song, singer • Hypernyms: utter, emit, let out, let loose • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s - example : Something ----s something - example : The birds sing in the woods - example : The woods sing with many kinds of birds 4. make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound (Freq. 1) - example : the kettle was singing - example : the bullet sang past his ear • Syn: whistle • Derivationally related forms: song, whistle (for: whistle), whistling (for: whistle) • Hypernyms: sound, go • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s - example : Sam and Sue sing 5. divulge confidential information or secrets (Freq. 1) - example : Be careful--his secretary talks • Syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, babble out, blab out • Ant: keep quiet (for: talk) • Derivationally related forms: singing, blabber (for: blab), tattle (for: tattle), tattler (for: tattle), talkative (for: talk), talk (for: talk) • Hypernyms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out • Verb Group: spill, talk • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s - example : Somebody ----s something (for: blab out) - example : Somebody ----s something (for: babble out)

sing along Click to Search sing along
verb sing with a choir or an orchestra - example : Every year the local orchestra and choir perform the `Messiah' and the audience is invited to sing along • Derivationally related forms: singalong • Hypernyms: sing • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s

singable Click to Search singable
adjective suitable for singing - example : "singable melody is the essence of music"- Winthrop Sargeant • Similar to: musical

singalong Click to Search singalong
noun informal group singing of popular songs • Syn: singsong • Derivationally related forms: singsong (for: singsong), sing along • Hypernyms: singing, vocalizing

Singan Click to Search Singan
noun a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC • Syn: Xian, Sian, Changan, Hsian • Instance Hypernyms: city, metropolis, urban center • Part Holonyms: China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay

Singapore Click to Search Singapore
noun 1. the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports • Syn: capital of Singapore • Derivationally related forms: Singaporean • Instance Hypernyms: national capital • Part Holonyms: Republic of Singapore 2. a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965 • Syn: Republic of Singapore • Derivationally related forms: Singaporean • Instance Hypernyms: Asian country, Asian nation • Member Holonyms: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN • Part Holonyms: Singapore Island, Southeast Asia • Member Meronyms: Singaporean • Part Meronyms: capital of Singapore 3. an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula • Syn: Singapore Island • Derivationally related forms: Singaporean • Instance Hypernyms: island • Part Holonyms: South China Sea • Part Meronyms: Republic of Singapore

Singapore dollar Click to Search Singapore dollar
noun the basic unit of money in Singapore • Hypernyms: dollar

Singapore Island Click to Search Singapore Island
noun an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula • Syn: Singapore • Derivationally related forms: Singaporean (for: Singapore) • Instance Hypernyms: island • Part Holonyms: South China Sea • Part Meronyms: Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Singaporean Click to Search Singaporean
I noun an inhabitant of Singapore • Hypernyms: Asian, Asiatic • Member Holonyms: Singapore, Republic of Singapore II adjective 1. of or relating to the island nation of Singapore and its people - example : Singaporean rubber • Pertains to noun: Singapore • Derivationally related forms: Singapore 2. of or relating to the city of Singapore - example : the Singaporean main street • Pertains to noun: Singapore • Derivationally related forms: Singapore

singe Click to Search singe
I noun a surface burn • Syn: scorch • Derivationally related forms: scorch (for: scorch) • Hypernyms: burn II verb 1. burn superficially or lightly (Freq. 1) - example : I singed my eyebrows • Syn: swinge • Hypernyms: char, blacken, sear, scorch • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 2. become superficially burned - example : my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames • Syn: scorch, sear • Derivationally related forms: scorch (for: scorch) • Hypernyms: burn, combust • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s

singer Click to Search singer
noun a person who sings (Freq. 3) • Syn: vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser • Derivationally related forms: vocalise (for: vocaliser), vocalize (for: vocalizer), vocalism (for: vocalist), sing • Hypernyms: musician, instrumentalist, player • Hyponyms: alto, baritone, barytone, bass, basso, canary, caroler, caroller, castrato, chorister, contralto, crooner, balladeer, folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour, hummer, lieder singer, madrigalist, opera star, operatic star, rapper, rock star, songster, soprano, tenor, thrush, torch singer, voice, warbler, yodeller • Instance Hyponyms: Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey, Cash, Johnny Cash, John Cash, Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier, Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch, Dylan, Bob Dylan, Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald, Garland, Judy Garland, Horne, Lena Horne, Lena Calhoun Horne, Iglesias, Julio Iglesias, Jackson, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson, Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, Joplin, Janis Joplin, King, B. B. King, Riley B King, Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly, Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Marley, Robert Nesta Marley, Bob Marley, Martin, Dean Martin, Dino Paul Crocetti, Merman, Ethel Merman, Orbison, Roy Orbison, Piaf, Edith Piaf, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow, Robeson, Paul Robeson, Paul Bustill Robeson, Russell, Lillian Russell, Simon, Paul Simon, Smith, Bessie Smith, Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Joan Streisand, Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan, Waters, Ethel Waters, Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram Williams, Hiram King Williams, Wynette, Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynetter Pugh

Singer Click to Search Singer
noun 1. United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991) • Syn: Isaac Bashevis Singer • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author 2. United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875) • Syn: Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer • Instance Hypernyms: inventor, discoverer, artificer, manufacturer, producer

Singhalese Click to Search Singhalese
I noun 1. a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka • Syn: Sinhalese • Hypernyms: Asian, Asiatic • Member Holonyms: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon 2. the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka • Syn: Sinhalese, Sinhala • Hypernyms: Sanskrit, Sanskritic language II adjective 1. of or relating to the Sinhalese languages - example : the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana • Syn: Sinhala, Sinhalese • Pertains to noun: Sinhalese (for: Sinhalese), Sinhalese, Sinhalese (for: Sinhala) 2. of or relating to the Sinhalese people - example : Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils • Syn: Sinhalese • Pertains to noun: Sinhalese (for: Sinhalese), Sinhalese

singing Click to Search singing
I noun 1. the act of singing vocal music (Freq. 6) • Syn: vocalizing • Derivationally related forms: vocalize (for: vocalizing), sing • Members of this Topic: eisteddfod, music, chorus, Greek chorus, coach, private instructor, tutor • Hypernyms: vocal music, musical performance • Hyponyms: a cappella singing, a capella singing, bel canto, coloratura, caroling, crooning, scat, scat singing, harmonization, harmonisation, humming, intonation, chanting, karaoke, part-singing, psalmody, hymnody, singalong, singsong, solfege, solfeggio, solmization, yodeling 2. disclosing information or giving evidence about another • Syn: tattle, telling • Derivationally related forms: telling (for: telling), tell (for: telling), sing, tattle (for: tattle) • Hypernyms: disclosure, revelation, revealing II adjective smooth and flowing • Syn: cantabile • Similar to: melodious, melodic, musical • Topics: music

singing voice Click to Search singing voice
noun the musical quality of the voice while singing • Hypernyms: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox • Hyponyms: bass, bass voice, basso, baritone, baritone voice, tenor, tenor voice, countertenor, alto, contralto, mezzo-soprano, mezzo, soprano

sing-kwa Click to Search sing-kwa
noun loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics • Syn: angled loofah, Luffa acutangula • Hypernyms: luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine

single Click to Search single
I noun 1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base (Freq. 7) • Syn: bingle • Hypernyms: base hit, safety • Hyponyms: line-drive single, line single 2. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number - example : he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it - example : they had lunch at one • Syn: one, 1, I, ace, unity • Hypernyms: digit, figure • Hyponyms: monad, monas, singleton II verb hit a single (Freq. 6) - example : the batter singled to left field • Topics: baseball, baseball game • Hypernyms: hit • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s III adjective 1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person (Freq. 74) - example : individual drops of rain - example : please mark the individual pages - example : they went their individual ways • Syn: individual • Ant: common (for: individual) • Similar to: idiosyncratic, individualist, individualistic, one-on-one, man-to-man, respective, several, various, singular • See Also: separate • Derivationally related forms: individuality (for: individual) • Attrubites: individuality, individualism, individuation 2. used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals - example : single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals • Ant: double • Topics: botany, phytology 3. existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual - example : upon the hill stood a single tower - example : had but a single thought which was to escape - example : a single survivor - example : a single serving - example : a single lens - example : a single thickness • Ant: multiple • Similar to: azygous, azygos, one-man, one-person, one-woman, lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary, singular, unique, sui generis, unary, uninominal, one-member 4. not married or related to the unmarried state - example : unmarried men and women - example : unmarried life - example : sex and the single girl - example : single parenthood - example : are you married or single? • Syn: unmarried • Ant: married (for: unmarried) • Similar to: divorced, mateless, unwed, unwedded, widowed • See Also: unmated 5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing - example : an individual serving - example : single occupancy - example : a single bed • Syn: individual • Similar to: unshared 6. having uniform application - example : a single legal code for all • Similar to: uniform, unvarying 7. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective - example : judging a contest with a single eye - example : a single devotion to duty - example : undivided affection - example : gained their exclusive attention • Syn: undivided, exclusive • Similar to: concentrated • Derivationally related forms: singleness

single bed Click to Search single bed
noun a bed for one occupant • Hypernyms: bed • Hyponyms: hospital bed

single combat Click to Search single combat
noun a fight between two people - example : in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat • Hypernyms: fight, fighting, combat, scrap

single cream Click to Search single cream
noun cream that has at least 18% butterfat - example : in England they call light cream `single cream' • Syn: light cream, coffee cream • Hypernyms: cream

single crochet Click to Search single crochet
I noun a crochet stitch • Syn: single stitch • Derivationally related forms: single stitch (for: single stitch) • Hypernyms: crochet stitch II verb make by single stitching • Syn: single stitch • Derivationally related forms: single stitch (for: single stitch) • Topics: handicraft • Hypernyms: crochet • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : They single crochet the cape

single dwelling Click to Search single dwelling
noun a house that stands alone • Syn: detached house • Hypernyms: house

single entry Click to Search single entry
noun a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account • Syn: single-entry bookkeeping • Hypernyms: bookkeeping, clerking

single file Click to Search single file
noun a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other • Syn: file, Indian file • Derivationally related forms: file (for: file) • Hypernyms: line • Hyponyms: snake dance, column

single nucleotide polymorphism Click to Search single nucleotide polymorphism
noun (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species • Syn: SNP • Topics: genetics, genetic science • Hypernyms: polymorphism

single out Click to Search single out
verb 1. select from a group (Freq. 2) - example : She was singled out for her outstanding performance • Hypernyms: choose, take, select, pick out • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Somebody ----s somebody - example : They single out him to write the letter 2. treat differently on the basis of sex or race (Freq. 1) • Syn: discriminate, separate • Derivationally related forms: separative (for: separate), discriminatory (for: discriminate), discrimination (for: discriminate), discriminator (for: discriminate) • Hypernyms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart • Hyponyms: isolate, insulate, hive off, segregate, redline, disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Somebody ----s somebody - example : Somebody ----s (for: discriminate) - example : Somebody ----s PP (for: discriminate)

single prop Click to Search single prop
noun a propeller plane with a single propeller • Syn: single-propeller plane • Hypernyms: propeller plane

single quote Click to Search single quote
noun a single quotation mark • Hypernyms: quotation mark, quote, inverted comma

single shell Click to Search single shell
noun a shell for a single oarsman • Syn: racing skiff • Hypernyms: shell, racing shell

single stitch Click to Search single stitch
I noun a crochet stitch • Syn: single crochet • Derivationally related forms: single crochet (for: single crochet) • Hypernyms: crochet stitch II verb make by single stitching • Syn: single crochet • Derivationally related forms: single crochet (for: single crochet) • Topics: handicraft • Hypernyms: crochet • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : They single stitch the cape

single supplement Click to Search single supplement
noun a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone • Hypernyms: surcharge

single tax Click to Search single tax
noun a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) • Hypernyms: tax, taxation, revenue enhancement

single-barreled Click to Search single-barreled
adjective having one barrel - example : most guns are single-barreled • Syn: single-barrelled • Ant: double-barreled

single-barrelled Click to Search single-barrelled
adjective having one barrel - example : most guns are single-barreled • Syn: single-barreled • Ant: double-barreled (for: single-barreled)

single-bedded Click to Search single-bedded
adjective having single beds • Similar to: bedded

single-breasted Click to Search single-breasted
adjective (of clothing) closing with a narrow overlap and fastened with a single row of buttons - example : a single-breasted jacket • Ant: double-breasted

single-breasted jacket Click to Search single-breasted jacket
noun a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons • Hypernyms: jacket • Part Holonyms: single-breasted suit

single-breasted suit Click to Search single-breasted suit
noun a suit having a single-breasted jacket • Hypernyms: suit, suit of clothes • Part Meronyms: single-breasted jacket

single-celled Click to Search single-celled
adjective having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells) • Syn: one-celled • Similar to: noncellular, acellular

single-channel Click to Search single-channel
adjective designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel • Syn: mono, monophonic • Similar to: monaural • Topics: electronics

single-entry bookkeeping Click to Search single-entry bookkeeping
noun a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account • Syn: single entry • Hypernyms: bookkeeping, clerking

single-foot Click to Search single-foot
I noun a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately • Syn: rack • Derivationally related forms: rack (for: rack) • Hypernyms: gait II verb go at a rack (Freq. 1) - example : the horses single-footed • Syn: rack • Derivationally related forms: rack (for: rack) • Hypernyms: pace • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s

single-handed Click to Search single-handed
I adjective 1. unsupported by other people • Syn: unassisted, unbacked • Similar to: unsupported 2. without help from others - example : a single-handed accomplishment • Similar to: independent II adverb without assistance - example : I built this house single-handedly • Syn: single-handedly

single-handedly Click to Search single-handedly
adverb without assistance - example : I built this house single-handedly • Syn: single-handed

single-humped Click to Search single-humped
adjective having one hump - example : a one-humped camel • Syn: one-humped • Pertains to noun: hump, hump (for: one-humped)

single-lane Click to Search single-lane
adjective (of roads) having a single lane for traffic in both directions; when vehicles meet one must pull off the road to let the other pass • Ant: multilane

single-leaf Click to Search single-leaf
noun pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine • Syn: single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon, Pinus monophylla • Hypernyms: nut pine

single-leaf pine Click to Search single-leaf pine
noun pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine • Syn: single-leaf, single-leaf pinyon, Pinus monophylla • Hypernyms: nut pine

single-leaf pinyon Click to Search single-leaf pinyon
noun pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine • Syn: single-leaf, single-leaf pine, Pinus monophylla • Hypernyms: nut pine

single-member system Click to Search single-member system
noun based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district • Syn: uninominal system, uninominal voting system, scrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system • Topics: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers • Hypernyms: voting system, electoral system

single-minded Click to Search single-minded
adjective determined - example : she was firmly resolved to be a doctor - example : single-minded in his determination to stop smoking • Syn: resolved • Similar to: resolute • Derivationally related forms: single-mindedness

single-mindedly Click to Search single-mindedly
adverb in a single-minded manner • Derived from adjective: single-minded

single-mindedness Click to Search single-mindedness
noun characterized by one unified purpose • Derivationally related forms: single-minded • Hypernyms: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution

singleness Click to Search singleness
noun 1. without hypocrisy - example : the singleness of his motives could not be questioned • Syn: straightforwardness • Derivationally related forms: straightforward (for: straightforwardness) • Hypernyms: sincerity 2. the quality of concentrating on one central objective - example : his singleness of purpose • Derivationally related forms: single • Hypernyms: assiduity, assiduousness, concentration

single-propeller plane Click to Search single-propeller plane
noun a propeller plane with a single propeller • Syn: single prop • Hypernyms: propeller plane

single-reed instrument Click to Search single-reed instrument
noun a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) • Syn: single-reed woodwind • Hypernyms: beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed • Hyponyms: clarinet, hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn, sax, saxophone

single-reed woodwind Click to Search single-reed woodwind
noun a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) • Syn: single-reed instrument • Hypernyms: beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed • Hyponyms: clarinet, hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn, sax, saxophone

single-rotor helicopter Click to Search single-rotor helicopter
noun a helicopter having a single rotor • Hypernyms: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater

singles Click to Search singles
noun 1. badminton played with one person on each side • Hypernyms: badminton 2. tennis played with one person on each side • Hypernyms: tennis, lawn tennis

single-seeded Click to Search single-seeded
adjective having a single seed • Syn: one-seeded, one-seed • Similar to: seedy

single-shelled Click to Search single-shelled
adjective univalve • Similar to: univalve

single-spaced Click to Search single-spaced
adjective (of type or print) not having a blank space between lines (Freq. 1) - example : business letters are usually single-spaced • Similar to: spaced

single-spacing Click to Search single-spacing
noun typing that does not leave lines blank • Hypernyms: typing, typewriting

singlestick Click to Search singlestick
noun a stick used instead of a sword for fencing • Syn: fencing stick, backsword • Hypernyms: stick

single-stranded Click to Search single-stranded
adjective having a single strand - example : single-stranded RNA • Pertains to noun: strand

singlet Click to Search singlet
noun a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body • Syn: vest, undershirt • Hypernyms: undergarment, unmentionable

singletary pea Click to Search singletary pea
noun a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop • Syn: Caley pea, rough pea, wild winterpea, Lathyrus hirsutus • Hypernyms: wild pea

singleton Click to Search singleton
noun 1. a single object (as distinguished from a pair) • Hypernyms: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity • Hyponyms: mate, fellow 2. a set containing a single member • Hypernyms: set 3. the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt • Hypernyms: playing card

single-valued function Click to Search single-valued function
noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) • Syn: function, mathematical function, map, mapping • Derivationally related forms: map (for: mapping), map (for: map) • Topics: mathematics, math, maths • Hypernyms: mathematical relation • Hyponyms: polynomial, multinomial, expansion, inverse function, Kronecker delta, metric function, metric, transformation, isometry, operator, trigonometric function, circular function, threshold function, exponential, exponential function

singly Click to Search singly
adverb 1. one by one; one at a time (Freq. 1) - example : they were arranged singly • Ant: multiply • Derived from adjective: single 2. apart from others - example : taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square - example : the fine points are treated singly • Syn: individually, separately, severally, one by one, on an individual basis • Derived from adjective: single, separate (for: separately), individual (for: individually)

singsong Click to Search singsong
I noun 1. a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: intonation, modulation, pitch contour 2. informal group singing of popular songs • Syn: singalong • Derivationally related forms: sing along (for: singalong) • Hypernyms: singing, vocalizing II verb 1. speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s - example : Somebody ----s something - example : They will singsong the duet 2. move as if accompanied by a singsong - example : The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain • Hypernyms: move, displace • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something III adjective uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting - example : their chantlike intoned prayers - example : a singsong manner of speaking • Syn: chantlike, intoned • Similar to: rhythmical, rhythmic

singular Click to Search singular
I noun the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton • Syn: singular form • Ant: plural • Hypernyms: form, word form, signifier, descriptor II adjective 1. unusual or striking (Freq. 3) - example : a remarkable sight - example : such poise is singular in one so young • Syn: remarkable • Similar to: extraordinary • Derivationally related forms: singularity 2. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected (Freq. 1) - example : a curious hybrid accent - example : her speech has a funny twang - example : they have some funny ideas about war - example : had an odd name - example : the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves - example : something definitely queer about this town - example : what a rum fellow - example : singular behavior • Syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy • Similar to: strange, unusual • Derivationally related forms: singularity, queerness (for: queer), peculiarity (for: peculiar), oddity (for: odd), curiousness (for: curious), curiosity (for: curious) 3. being a single and separate person or thing (Freq. 1) - example : can the singular person be understood apart from his culture? - example : "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James • Similar to: individual, single • Derivationally related forms: singularity 4. composed of one member, set, or kind • Ant: plural 5. grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit • Ant: plural 6. the single one of its kind - example : a singular example - example : the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting - example : a unique copy of an ancient manuscript - example : certain types of problems have unique solutions • Syn: unique • Similar to: single • Derivationally related forms: uniqueness (for: unique), singularity

singular form Click to Search singular form
noun the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton • Syn: singular • Ant: plural (for: singular) • Hypernyms: form, word form, signifier, descriptor

singular matrix Click to Search singular matrix
noun a square matrix whose determinant is zero • Ant: nonsingular matrix • Hypernyms: square matrix

singularise Click to Search singularise
verb distinguish as singular • Syn: singularize • Hypernyms: signalize, signalise, distinguish • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Somebody ----s somebody - example : Something ----s somebody - example : Something ----s something

singularity Click to Search singularity
noun 1. the quality of being one of a kind (Freq. 1) - example : that singularity distinguished him from all his companions • Syn: uniqueness • Derivationally related forms: unique (for: uniqueness), singular • Hypernyms: individuality, individualism, individuation 2. strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual • Derivationally related forms: singular • Hypernyms: unfamiliarity, strangeness

singularize Click to Search singularize
verb distinguish as singular • Syn: singularise • Hypernyms: signalize, signalise, distinguish • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Somebody ----s somebody - example : Something ----s somebody - example : Something ----s something

singularly Click to Search singularly
adverb in a singular manner or to a singular degree (Freq. 1) - example : Lord T. was considered singularly licentious even for the courts of Russia and Portugal; he acquired three wives and fourteen children during his Portuguese embassy alone • Derived from adjective: singular

singultus Click to Search singultus
noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion - example : how do you cure the hiccups? • Syn: hiccup, hiccough • Derivationally related forms: hiccough (for: hiccough), hiccup (for: hiccup) • Usage Domain: plural, plural form • Hypernyms: symptom, reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction

sing

Linguatic English Turkish Dictionary

have a sing

sing

sing

sing a baby to sleep

sing a child to sleep

sing a different tune

sing a song

sing flat

sing one`s own praises

sing out

sing smb.`s praise

sing the praises of

Singapore

Singaporean

Singaporean

singe

singe

singe off

singe one`s wings

singer

singing

singing bird

singing lesson

singing voice

single

single acting

single breasted

single combat

single engined

single eyed

single file

single handed

single hearted

single house

single minded

single out

single phase

single purposed

single room

single seater

single ticket

single track

single-breasted

single-handed

single-handed

single-handedly

single-minded

singleness

singleness of purpose

singles

singlestick

singlet

singleton

singly

singsong

singsong

singsong

singular

singular

singularity

singularize

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sing

sing along

singable

singalong

Singan

Singapore

Singapore dollar

Singapore Island

Singaporean

singe

singer

Singer

Singhalese

singing

singing voice

sing-kwa