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particular
[ per-tik-yuh-ler, puh-tik- ]
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.
Synonyms:
- immediately present or under consideration; in this specific instance or place:
Look at this particular clause in the contract.
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- distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy; marked; unusual:
She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert.
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- 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.
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- exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting; fastidious; fussy:
to be particular about one's food.
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- 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.
Synonyms: ,
- 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.
particular
/ əˈɪʊə /
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
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
- philosophy an individual object, as contrasted with a universal See universal
- in particularespecially, particularly, or exactly
Other Word Forms
- v·貹·پu· adjective
- v·貹·پu··ly adverb
- ܲp·پu· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of particular1
Word History and Origins
Origin of particular1
Idioms and Phrases
- in particular, particularly; specifically; especially:
There is one book in particular that may help you.
More idioms and phrases containing particular
see in particular .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
There was particular concern for victims of domestic and economic abuse who need cash to avoid being traced through card transactions or to gain financial independence from abusive partners.
The initial focus was on hydro-electric plants, in particular pumped-storage plants with reservoirs full at this time of year and able to produce electricity fast from a standing start.
More than any particular policy, Trump’s second try at the presidency has proved a stark departure from the first because, this time around, he is testing whether any limits exist on executive authority.
"We see good examples, but we also see instances where public bodies have given little or no explicit consideration to the Act," it said, singling out the health system in particular.
And I struggled to get the information as to what particular attacks he'd pled guilty to.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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