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SINGLE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Select from a group
Example:
She was singled out for her outstanding performance
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "single out" is one way to...):
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They single out him to write the letter
Sense 2
Meaning:
Treat differently on the basis of sex or race
Synonyms:
discriminate; separate; single out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "single out" is one way to...):
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "single out"):
insulate; isolate (place or set apart)
hive off (remove from a group and make separate)
segregate (separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation)
redline (discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood)
disadvantage; disfavor; disfavour (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
