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Particular   /pərtˈɪkjələr/  /pˌɑtˈɪkjələr/   Listen
Particular

adjective
1.
Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.  Synonyms: peculiar, special.  "Has a particular preference for Chinese art" , "A peculiar bond of sympathy between them" , "An expression peculiar to Canadians" , "Rights peculiar to the rich" , "The special features of a computer" , "My own special chair"
2.
Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category.  "A man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
3.
Surpassing what is common or usual or expected.  Synonyms: especial, exceptional, special.  "Exceptional kindness" , "A matter of particular and unusual importance" , "A special occasion" , "A special reason to confide in her" , "What's so special about the year 2000?"
4.
First and most important.  Synonym: special.  "She gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
5.
Exacting especially about details.  Synonyms: finical, finicky, fussy, picky.  "Fussy about clothes" , "Very particular about how her food was prepared"
6.
Providing specific details or circumstances.
noun
1.
A fact about some part (as opposed to general).  Synonym: specific.
2.
A small part that can be considered separately from the whole.  Synonyms: detail, item.
3.
(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class.  Synonym: particular proposition.



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"Particular" Quotes from Famous Books



... runs all the way to the Rialto bridge. The buildings are not of any particular interest, until we come to the last one, with the two arches under it and the fine relief of a lion on the facade: once the head-quarters ...
— A Wanderer in Venice • E.V. Lucas
... of the air and words was the more wonderful, for he remembered now that he had only sung that particular hymn once. But to his still greater delight and surprise, her voice rose again in the second verse, with a touch of ...
— Selected Stories • Bret Harte
... a Spanish nobleman also in Cavite in her time who had been deported for political reasons—probably for holding liberal opinions and for being thought to be favorable to English ideas. It is said that this particular "caja abierta" was a Marquis de Canete, and if so there is ground for the claim that he was of royal blood; at least some of his far-off ancestors had been related to a former ruling ...
— Lineage, Life, and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot • Austin Craig
... preliminary scenes of the sea drama were under way. It took the best part of three weeks to get what was needed, for Mr. Ringold was very particular, and insisted on many rehearsals, these taking longer than the actual making ...
— The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast • Victor Appleton
... particular in his inquiries of Mary's prospect of a family. He spoke to Sir John Mason about it, who ...
— The Reign of Mary Tudor • James Anthony Froude


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