1
[ verb ] select from a group

Synonyms

center_out

Examples

"She was singled out for her outstanding performance"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

The ten or more dangerous parties singled_out for prosecution were still at_large , and Pels realized that if these men entrenched themselves in their adobe_houses , defending themselves through loopholes , it would be most difficult to capture them .

Related terms

choose

2
[ verb ] treat differently on the basis of sex or race

Used in print

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

`` Why single me out on this permit deal '' ?

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