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singled out

singled out is the simple past and past participle of single out.

Meaning of single out

Verb

single out (third-person singular simple present singles out, present participle singling out, simple past and past participle singled out)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.
    • Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
    Synonyms:
    mark out, pick out

Questions about singled out

What is singled out the simple past and past participle of?
Singled out is the simple past and past participle of single out.

Words near singled out in the dictionary

  1. single-wide
  2. single-wides
  3. single-word
  4. singlecast
  5. singled
  6. singled out
  7. singled up
  8. singledom
  9. singlefold
  10. singlefoot
  11. singlefooted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: singled out (page history and authors); single out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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