particular

Meaning

Noun

1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
2. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
3. (plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

Adj

1. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
2. Specific; discrete; concrete.
3. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
4. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
5. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
6. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
8. Containing a part only; limited.
9. Holding a particular estate.
10. Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

Synonyms

special

specific

peculiar

detail

separate

apart

individual

fussy

especial

certain

distinctive

exceptional

punctilious

unusual

private

fastidious

definite

detailed

unique

strict

choosy

precise

exact

item

distinct

painstaking

characteristic

fixed

particular proposition

circumstantial

uncommon

careful

squeamish

minute

hard to please

meticulous

thorough

exacting

settled

discriminating

different

scrupulous

single

queer

proper

real

finicky

finical

extraordinary

own

Translations

particulier

particolare

particular

speciale

spécial

especial

bijzonder

particular

especial

speciaal

einzeln

especial

besonder

afzonderlijk

speziell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: particuler

In summary

From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle.

Sentences

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