Single out

/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/

Synonyms for "single out" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(4 words)

choice choose distinguish exception

cull elect

Verb(2 words)

discriminate disjoin

Strong matches (12)

excerpt favor glean mark

Noun(6 words)

extract highlight identification identify isolatemost isolated

Adjective(2 words)

isolated learnersisolated teaching

Related words (19)

Noun(11 words)

notice pick pinpoint recognize selectselected itemselection spot standout target uniquer

pick outpoint prefer sift single take winnow

Verb(1 words)

separate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

26 entries

actionanalysis stepchoosedata proceduredifferentiate distinguish element example item object perceptionpick outpractice process recognitionresearch method

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

17 entries

anomaly choose discern distinguish exception highlight identification identifyisolate factorisolate variableoutlier pinpoint prioritization recognizeselect sampleseparate data

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

11 entries

anomaly emphasis exception highlighthighlight differencesidentify key pointsoutlierpinpoint key pointsselect a candidatesingled outstandout

Inflections

4 entries

single outssingled outsingles outsingling out

Derivations

1 entries

singling out

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.

Source: wiktionary

Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.

Source: wiktionary

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Source: wiktionary

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