particular

[ per-tik-yuh-ler, puh-tik- ]

/ pərˈtɪk yə lər, pəˈtɪk- /

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adjective

of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.

immediately present or under consideration; in this specific instance or place: Look at this particular clause in the contract.

distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy; marked; unusual: She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert.

exceptional or especial: Take particular pains with this job.

being such in an exceptional degree: a particular friend of mine.

dealing with or giving details, as an account or description, of a person; detailed; minute.

exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting; fastidious; fussy: to be particular about one's food.

Logic.

not general; referring to an indefinite part of a whole class.
(of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers.
partaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class.

Law.

noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, as lands devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children.
noting the tenant of such an estate.

noun

an individual or distinct part, as an item of a list or enumeration.

Usually particulars. specific points, details, or circumstances: to give an investigator the particulars of a case.

Logic. an individual or a specific group within a general class.

Idioms for particular

in particular, particularly; specifically; especially: There is one book in particular that may help you.

Origin of particular

1350–1400; < Late Latin particulāris, equivalent to Latin particul(a) particle + -āris -ar¹; replacing Middle English particuler < Middle French < Late Latin, as above

SYNONYMS FOR particular

1, 2 specific.

2 distinct; discrete.

3 notable.

6 scrupulous, careful, exact, precise.

7 discriminating; finical, finicky.

10 feature, particularity.

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ANTONYMS FOR particular

3 ordinary.

6 inexact.

7 undiscriminating.

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synonym study for particular

1. See special. 7. Particular, dainty, fastidious imply great care, discrimination, and taste in choices, in details about one's person, etc. Particular implies especially care and attention to details: particular about one's clothes. Dainty implies delicate taste and exquisite cleanliness: a dainty dress. Fastidious implies being difficult to please and critical of small or minor points: a fastidious taste in styles.

OTHER WORDS FROM particular

o·ver·par·tic·u·lar, adjective o·ver·par·tic·u·lar·ly, adverb un·par·tic·u·lar, adjective

Words nearby particular

particle beam weapon, particle board, particle physics, particle separation, particle velocity, particular, particular affirmative, particular average, particular negative, particular solution, particularism

Example sentences from the Web for particular

There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.

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For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.

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He stopped at one point to ask someone directions to a particular housing development.

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The lack of a cannon is a particular problem, as the F-35 is being counted on to help out infantrymen under fire.

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Americans move around a lot, making it hard to form attachments to any particular place.

Will Texas Stay Texan? |David Fontana |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And then—well, I happen to forget what sort of a day this particular day turned into, about six of the clock.

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It is on a plateau—the particular point that I mean—a plateau of precipitous mountains.

Running Sands |Reginald Wright Kauffman
There would be no more sniping by that particular marksman from that particular tree.

Army Boys on the Firing Line |Homer Randall
Yet the keenness with which immorality of the particular kind is watched fans the flame of lust.

Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job |Robert Watson
“Especially when he has the privilege of your particular favour,” added Nasmyth.

The Greater Power |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for particular

particular

/ (pəˈtɪkjʊlə) /

adjective

(prenominal) of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special the particular demands of the job; no particular reason

(prenominal) exceptional or marked a matter of particular importance

(prenominal) relating to or providing specific details or circumstances a particular account

exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy

(of the solution of a differential equation) obtained by giving specific values to the arbitrary constants in a general equation

logic (of a proposition) affirming or denying something about only some members of a class of objects, as in some men are not wicked Compare universal (def. 10)

property law denoting an estate that precedes the passing of the property into ultimate ownership See also remainder (def. 3), reversion (def. 4)

noun

a separate distinct item that helps to form a generalization: opposed to general

(often plural) an item of information; detail complete in every particular

logic another name for individual (def. 7a)

philosophy an individual object, as contrasted with a universal See universal (def. 12b)

in particular especially, particularly, or exactly

Word Origin for particular

C14: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin particulāris concerning a part, from Latin particula particle v

Idioms and Phrases with particular

particular

see in particular.

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