single out

single out
verb
1. select from a group (Freq. 2)
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She was singled out for her outstanding performance

• Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑take, ↑select, ↑pick out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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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:
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s

 (for: ↑discriminate)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑discriminate)

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ˌsingle ˈout [transitive] [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] phrasal verb
to choose one person from a group for special attention
single someone out for something:

Katie was often singled out for punishment.

single someone out as something:

Who would you single out as the most promising student of the year?

Thesaurus: to choose a personhyponym to choose someone or somethingsynonym
Main entry: single

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single out [phrasal verb]
single out (someone or something) or single (someone or something) out : to treat or to speak about (someone or something in a group) in a way that is different from the way you treat or speak about others

The teacher singled him out as the only student to get a perfect score on the test.

The coach singled out the players who played poorly.

The reviewer singled her performance out for praise/criticism.

— often used as (be) singled out

She was singled out for special treatment.

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Main Entry: ↑single

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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