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   Par·tic·u·lar

   /pə(r)ˈtikyələr/

   

   adjective

   • 1. used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class: "the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies" Similar specificcertaindistinctseparateisolatedsingleindividualpeculiardiscretedefiniteexpresspreciseOpposite general
   • ▪ denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class.
   • 2. especially great or intense: "when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care" Similar specialextra specialespecialexceptionalunusualmarkedsingularuncommonnotablenoteworthyremarkableoutstandinguniqueformal:peculiarOpposite ordinary
   • 3. insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious: "she is very particular about cleanliness" Similar fussyfastidiousmeticulouspunctiliousdiscriminatingselectivepainstakingexactingdemandingcriticalover-particularoverfastidiousfinickyfaddishfinicaldaintyinformal:choosypickyfaddypernicketypersnicketyarchaic:niceOpposite carelesseasygoinglaid-back

   noun

   • 1. an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality.
   • 2. a detail: "he is wrong in every particular"
   • ▪ detailed information about someone or something: "a clerk took the woman's particulars"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’.

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   What does particular mean in a sentence?

   • It is the will directing the activity of the intellect into some particular channel and keeping it there. Particular definition: of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general. See examples of PARTICULAR used in a sentence.

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   What is the difference between a particular and a noun?

   • As an adjective, particular describes something specific, such as when you prefer one particular type of cereal over another. The noun form means specific points or details, as in the particulars of a police investigation.

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   What is a particular adjective?

   • Definition of particular adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [only before noun] used to emphasize that you are referring to one individual person, thing or type of thing and not others synonym specific There is one particular patient I'd like you to see. Is there a particular type of book he enjoys?

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   What does it mean if someone is particular?

   • You can use particular to emphasize that something is greater or more intense than usual . Particular emphasis will be placed on oral language training. If you say that someone is particular, you mean that they choose things and do things very carefully, and are not easily satisfied . 5. See also particulars 6. 7.

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   Particular definition: of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general. See examples of PARTICULAR used in a sentence.

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   As an adjective, particular describes something specific, such as when you prefer one particular type of cereal over another. The noun form means specific points or details, as in the particulars of a police investigation.

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   particular adjective (NOT EASILY SATISFIED) choosing things carefully and not easily satisfied: Teenagers are very particular about the clothes they'll wear. in particular. B1. especially: For Hilary in particular it was interesting. Are you looking for anything in particular?