Sekirov Dictionary

particular

UK /pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/US /pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/

adjective 10
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

adjective10

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single and specific
- I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
- We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
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Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
- I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
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Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
- These women are more particular about their appearance.
Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
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Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
Containing a part only; limited.
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Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
Holding a particular estate.
(no longer used) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
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(no longer used) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
- or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere. — 1603

noun3

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A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
- I did not omit even our Sports and Pastimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country. — 1726
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A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals. — 1912
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(no longer used) A person's own individual case.
- Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it. — 1603

forms

particulars · more particular · most particular

Phrases with particular

for one's particular
For one's part; as far as one is concerned.

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