Entry Word: singular

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being out of the ordinary <a contemporary artist of singular attainments> — see exceptional
2 noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced <on the way home we had a singular adventure that we must tell you about> — see unusual 1
3 of, relating to, or belonging to a single person <preserving our national heritage is not a singular responsibility but our collective duty> — see individual 1
4 being the one or ones of a class with no other members <this crime was a singular case, and using it as a reason for revising the criminal code would be ill-advised> — see only 2