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particular

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

adjective

  1. 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.

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  2. immediately present or under consideration; in this specific instance or place.

    Look at this particular clause in the contract.

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  3. 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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  4. exceptional or especial.

    Take particular pains with this job.

  5. being such in an exceptional degree.

    a particular friend of mine.

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

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  7. exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting; fastidious; fussy.

    to be particular about one's food.

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  8. Logic.

    1. not general; referring to an indefinite part of a whole class.

    2. (of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers.

    3. partaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class.

  9. Law.

    1. 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.

    2. noting the tenant of such an estate.



noun

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

    Synonyms: ,
  2. Usually particulars. specific points, details, or circumstances.

    to give an investigator the particulars of a case.

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

particular

/ əˈɪʊə /

adjective

  1. (prenominal) of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special

    the particular demands of the job

    no particular reason

  2. (prenominal) exceptional or marked

    a matter of particular importance

  3. (prenominal) relating to or providing specific details or circumstances

    a particular account

  4. exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy

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

  6. 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

  7. property law denoting an estate that precedes the passing of the property into ultimate ownership See also remainder reversion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

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

  2. (often plural) an item of information; detail

    complete in every particular

  3. logic another name for individual

  4. philosophy an individual object, as contrasted with a universal See universal

  5. especially, particularly, or exactly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • overparticular adjective
  • overparticularly adverb
  • unparticular adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of particular1

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin 貹پܱ, equivalent to Latin particul(a) “small part” ( particle ) + - -ar 1; replacing Middle English particuler, from Middle French, from Late Latin, as above
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of particular1

C14: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin 貹پܱ concerning a part, from Latin particula particle v
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in particular, particularly; specifically; especially.

    There is one book in particular that may help you.

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Synonym Study

See special. 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.
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If the conflict continues, and in particular if there is disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway off the south coast of Iran, the price of oil and gas could rise further.

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They picked at this particular South Africa scab with their verbal armoury of salty snipes when a tense chase began.

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We have a particular design for this deliberation, which has now worked in 160 cases on every inhabited continent around the world.

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On set, an assistant director would sometimes read the narration off camera if it felt relevant for the actors to hear during a particular scene.

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There is a particular reason Molby believes Frank will be the ideal fit for Spurs.

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