single+out
1single out — (someone/something) to choose someone or something for special attention. Rosa was singled out by the teacher because her art project was so creative. I don t know why they singled it out, but my report was severely criticized at the meeting …
2single out — index cull, differentiate, except (exclude), extract, label, prefer, screen (select) …
3single out — verb 1. select from a group (Freq. 2) She was singled out for her outstanding performance • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑take, ↑select, ↑pick out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
4single out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms single out : present tense I/you/we/they single out he/she/it singles out present participle singling out past tense singled out past participle singled out single someone out to choose one person from a group …
5single out — v. (D; tr.) to single out for (to single out smb. out for special treatment) * * * [ sɪŋg(ə)l aʊt] (D; tr.) to single out for (to single out smb. out for special treatment) …
6single out — PHRASAL VERB If you single someone out from a group, you choose them and give them special attention or treatment. [V n P] The gunman had singled Debilly out and waited for him... [V n P for/as n] His immediate superior has singled him out for a… …
7single out someone — single out (someone/something) to choose someone or something for special attention. Rosa was singled out by the teacher because her art project was so creative. I don t know why they singled it out, but my report was severely criticized at the… …
8single out something — single out (someone/something) to choose someone or something for special attention. Rosa was singled out by the teacher because her art project was so creative. I don t know why they singled it out, but my report was severely criticized at the… …
9single out — choose one person from a group Why does the priest single me out for extra duties? Why me? …
10single out — her watercolors were singled out by the judges Syn: select, pick out, choose, decide on; target, earmark, mark out, separate out, set apart/aside …
