of or pertaining to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
2.
immediately present or under consideration; in this specific instance or place: Look at this particular clause in the contract.
3.
distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy; marked; unusual: She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert.
4.
exceptional or especial: Take particular pains with this job.
5.
being such in an exceptional degree: a particular friend of mine.
6.
dealing with or giving details, as an account or description, of a person; detailed; minute.
7.
exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting; fastidious; fussy: to be particular about one's food.
8.
Logic.
a.
not general; referring to an indefinite part of a whole class.
b.
(of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers.
c.
partaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class.
9.
Law.
a.
noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, as lands devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children.
b.
noting the tenant of such an estate.
–noun
10.
an individual or distinct part, as an item of a list or enumeration.
11.
Usually, particulars.specific points, details, or circumstances: to give an investigator the particulars of a case.
12.
Logic. an individual or a specific group within a general class.
—Idiom
13.
in particular, particularly; specifically; especially: There is one book in particular that may help you.
[Origin: 1350–1400; < LL particulāris, equiv. to L particul(a) particle+ -āris-ar1; r. ME particuler < MF < LL, as above]
—Synonyms 1.See special.1, 2. specific. 2. distinct; discrete. 3. notable. 6. scrupulous, careful, exact, precise. 7. discriminating; finical, finicky. Particular,dainty,fastidious imply great care, discrimination, and taste in choices, in details about one's person, etc. Particular implies esp. care and attention to details: particular about one's clothes. Dainty implies delicate taste and exquisite cleanliness: a dainty dress. Fastidious implies being difficult to please and critical of small or minor points: a fastidious taste in styles. 10. feature, particularity.
Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal: has a particular preference for Chinese art.
Separate and distinct from others of the same group, category, or nature: made an exception in this particular case.
Worthy of note; exceptional: a piano performance of particular depth and fluidity.
Of, relating to, or providing details: gave a particular description of the room.
Attentive to or concerned with details or niceties, often excessively so; meticulous or fussy.
Logic Encompassing some but not all of the members of a class or group. Used of a proposition.
n.
An individual item, fact, or detail: correct in every particular. See Synonyms at item.
An item or detail of information or news. Often used in the plural: The police refused to divulge the particulars of the case.
A separate case or an individual thing or instance, especially one that can be distinguished from a larger category or class. Often used in the plural: "What particulars were ambushed behind these generalizations?"(Aldous Huxley).
Logic A particular proposition.
[Middle English particuler, from Old French, from Late Latin particulāris, from Latin particula, diminutive of pars, part-, part; see part.]
c.1386, "pertaining to a single thing or person," from O.Fr. particuler, from L.L. particularis "of a part," from L. particula "particle" (see particle). Sense of "precise, exacting" first recorded 1814. Noun meaning "a part or section of a whole" is from 1494. Particulars "small details of statement" is from 1606. Particularly "in a special degree, more than others" is attested from 1676.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "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; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
3.
surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "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?" [syn: especial]
4.
first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
5.
exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared" [syn: finical]
6.
providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room"
noun
1.
a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general" [ant: general]
2.
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail]
3.
(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class [ant: universal]
Mi*nute"\, a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. See Minish, Minor, and cf. Menu, Minuet.]1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable. "Minute drops." --Milton. 2. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. Syn: Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact; circumstantial; particular; detailed. Usage: Minute, Circumstantial, Particular. A circumstantial account embraces all the leading events; a particular account includes each event and movement, though of but little importance; a minute account goes further still, and omits nothing as to person, time, place, adjuncts, etc.
Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See Particle.]1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. --Shak. [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak. Seken in every halk and every herne Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer. 2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. "Thine own particular wrongs." --Shak. Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. --Bacon. 3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. 4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. 5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. --Blackstone. 6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. Particular average. See under Average. Particular Baptist, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. Particular lien (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See Calvinism. Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See Minute.
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