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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•tic•u•lar /pɚˈtɪkyəlɚ, pəˈtɪk-/USA pronunciation adj. - relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, etc.;
not general:[before a noun]one's particular interests. - considered separately from others;
specific; distinct:[before a noun]a particular item on a list. - greater or stronger than usual;
unusual:[before a noun]Take particular pains with this job. - overly selective;
fussy; hard to please:[be + ~]He is very particular about his food. n. [countable] - an individual or distinct part, as an item in a series:In at least one particular the lawyer had caught her in a lie.
- Usually, particulars. [plural] specific points, details, or circumstances:the particulars of a case.
Idioms- Idioms in particular, particularly;
especially:Are you doing anything in particular at the moment?
See -par-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•tic•u•lar (pər tik′yə lər, pə tik′-),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining 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. - Philosophy[Logic.]
- Philosophynot general;
referring to an indefinite part of a whole class. - Philosophy(of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers.
- Philosophypartaking 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.
n. - 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.
- Philosophy[Logic.]an individual or a specific group within a general class.
- Idioms in particular, particularly;
specifically; especially:There is one book in particular that may help you.
- Late Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Late Latin particulāris, equivalent. to Latin particul(a) particle + -āris -ar1; replacing Middle English particuler
- 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See special.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged specific.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distinct; discrete.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged notable.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scrupulous, careful, exact, precise.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discriminating; finical, finicky. Particular, dainty, fastidious imply great care, discrimination, and taste in choices, in details about one's person, etc. Particular implies esp. 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.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged feature, particularity.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ordinary.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inexact.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged undiscriminating.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: particular /pəˈtɪkjʊlə/ adj - (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
- (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 n - a separate distinct item that helps to form a generalization: opposed to general
- (often plural) an item of information; detail: complete in every particular
- in particular ⇒ especially, particularly, or exactly
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin particulāris concerning a part, from Latin particula particle v |