singular form

collocation in English

meaningsofsingularandform

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singular
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lər/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
language
of or relating to the form of a word used when talking or writing about ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofsingularandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingular form

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First, the algebraicallysingularformof 0 4.1 seems out of the question here.
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Thesingularformof the word formula has an occurrence of 28.
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Note that our calculations underestimate the frequency since all words are only counted in theirsingularform.
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Those who did not avoid the construction, however, tended to produce the correctsingularform.
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A few two-feature errors were observed, and these usually involved the production of a masculinesingularform.
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For adverbials, one possible error source is the fact that many adverbs coincide in form with the third personsingularformof adjectives.
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Thus, it can not be excluded that some of these plural forms are mere repetitions of thesingularformelicited by the investigator.
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In the nominativesingularformtone retracts from the yer desinence, and is realised on the base.
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They were asked to conjugate six verbs in the first-personsingularformin the present indicative, preterite, subjunctive, and future.
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The term exists only in thesingularform, but serves for both singular and plural in usage.
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In singular contexts, substitution errors usually involved the production of asingularformwith the wrong gender.
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Of the children who did provide a non-partitive response, only half (7\\14) provided the appropriatesingularform.
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Of the children that did provide a non-partitive response, 6\\8 correctly produced thesingularform.
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Crucially, the nominativesingularformdiffers from all other case forms (represented here by the genitive singular) in undergoing vowel lengthening.
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All forms of the nouns and adjectives listed are included under the masculinesingularform; all forms of the verbs are included under the infinitive.
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To generate the first personsingularform, the rule of figure 14 is used.
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In plural article contexts, many errors involved use of asingularform.
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