Particular Meaning and Definition


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Particular meaning

Word: Particular

How to pronounce: pəˈtɪkjʊlə

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.

Example sentences: "The action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies"

2. Especially great or intense.

Example sentences: "When handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care"

3. Insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious.

Example sentences: "She is very particular about cleanliness"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality.

Example sentences: "In Chapter 19, I examine various accounts of the first of these distinctions and raise the question of whether we really need to include both universals and particulars in our ontology."

2. A detail.

Example sentences: "He is wrong in every particular"


Synonyms:

certain

determined

definite

especial

singular

specific

separate

individual

distinct

distinctive

private

personal

peculiarity

distinctive feature

characteristic

special

peculiar

unique

separately

specifically

detail

item

fact

point

datum

nicety

fastidious

choosey

exacting

picky

persnickety

pernickety

thorough

nice

finicky

fussy

choosy

delicate

elaborate


Antonyms:

common

usual

ordinary

general

abstract

nonspecific

same


Derivations:

particularized

particularistic

particularised

particularity

particularism

particularize

particularise

particularly

particle


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Particular in Other Languages...

Spanish: Particular

German: Insbesondere

French: Particulier

Italian: Particolare

Turkish: özellik


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