particular
IPA: pɝtˈɪkjʌɫɝ
noun
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
- (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
adjective
- (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
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Examples of "particular" in Sentences
- In particular, the text is polemical.
- In particular, read the preface of the book.
- The 1960s was a period of particular mediocrity.
- The encryption is based on the particular system.
- The expletive was directed at no one in particular.
- This in particular is indefensible and unjustifiable.
- The etymology of that particular diminutive is German.
- In particular, the durability of the rudder was questioned.
- In particular, the treatment of activity is unsatisfactory.
- The description of the curriculum is in particular misleading.
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