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| par·tic·u·lar [ pər tíkyələr ] |
adjective |
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1. one out of several: relating to one person or thing out of several
  Which particular dress do you prefer?
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2. special: special and worth mentioning
had no particular objection to the plan
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3. exceptional: great or more than usual
took particular care over it
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4. personal: belonging to one person and different from other people's
a particular dislike
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5. fussy: having or demanding high standards
She's very particular about standards of hygiene.
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6. choosy: taking great care when making a choice
They're very particular about the restaurants they go to.
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7. detailed: going into great detail about something
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formal
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8. logic not dealing with all members: in logic, used to describe a proposition that deals with some but not all members of a class
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noun (plural par·tic·u·lars) |
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1. item: an individual fact, item, or detail
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often used in the plural
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noted down his particulars
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2. single instance: an individual case or instance, as opposed to a more general theory
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3. philosophy real thing: in philosophy, an entity with definite spatial and temporal properties
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin particularis "concerned with small parts or details" < particula (see particle)] |
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in particular specifically or especially
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