Particular
[pəˈtɪkjələ(r)] or [pɚ'tɪkjəlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a fact about some part (as opposed to general); 'he always reasons from the particular to the general'.
(noun.) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class.
(adj.) first and most important; 'his special interest is music'; 'she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work' .
(adj.) providing specific details or circumstances; 'a particular description of the room' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) 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' .
Typist: Marvin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
(a.) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
(a.) 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.
(n.) A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.
(n.) Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
(n.) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Especial, special, specific, not general.[2]. Individual, single, separate, distinct, distinction.[3]. Minute, exact, precise, nice, scrupulous, fastidious.[4]. Peculiar, odd, singular, strange, notable.
n. Instance, circumstance, detail, item, particularity, special point.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Detail, point, feature
ANT:Whole, subject, case
SYN:Local, specific, subordinate, detailed, partial, special, fastidious, minute,scrupulous, careful, accurate, exact, circumstantial, precise, delicate, nice
ANT:Universal, general, unspecial, comprehensive, unscrupulous, uncareful,inaccurate, inexact, rough, coarse, indiscriminate, undisiluminating
Checker: Polly
Examples
- I join to it the conception of a particular government, and religion, and manners. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I hadn't any particular work to give him, but I had a number of small induction coils, and to give him something to do I told him to fix them up and sell them among his sailor friends. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yes, yes, THAT in particular. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There are also characters peculiar to different nations and particular persons, as well as common to mankind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He is growing extremely particular in his attentions. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Tupman,' said the old gentleman, 'you singled out that particular bird? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the trouble with them is that the psychology is weak and uninformed, distorted by moral enthusiasms, and put out without any particular reference to the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As for you, Amy, continued Meg, you are altogether too particular and prim. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am far from being clear as to the last particular,' returned Mortimer, with great composure, 'that I have much advantage over you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All I mean to say is, I shall give myself no particular trouble to catch them; but if one falls in my way---- You'll snap him up, of course. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Taxes upon the profits of stock, in particular employments, can never affect the interest of money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Of the public Works and Institution which are necessary for facilitating particular Branches of Commerce. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Though her nephew had had no particular reason to hasten back on her account, she had not lived above six-and-thirty hours after his return. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I have no objection to Mr Lightwood, but I have a particular objection to some of Mr Lightwood's friends--in short, to one of Mr Lightwood's friends. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was going on to more particulars, when my master commanded me silence. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The author relates several particulars of the _Yahoos_. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He told me at parting, that he should soon write; and he spoke in a manner which seemed to promise me many particulars that could not be given now. Jane Austen. Emma.
- These were all the particulars that I could gain from Marian. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Could Colonel Forster repeat the particulars of Lydia's note to his wife? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But what did such particulars explain? Jane Austen. Emma.
- As for any further particulars relating to the author, the reader will receive satisfaction from the first pages of the book. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It is needless in my opinion to illustrate this argument by the enumeration of particulars. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I have just been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the particulars. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the subordination of particulars to general principles he experienced a satisfaction akin to the sen se of beauty or the joy of artistic production. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If he had written to you, there would have been more particulars. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Eginhard lacks vividness; he tells many particulars, but not the particulars that make a man live again in the record. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is impossible to refer intelligibly to this document without first entering into certain particulars in relation to the bride's pecuniary affairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I noted down these particulars in my pocket-book, feeling as I did so both doubtful and disheartened about my next proceedings. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was the son of---- Poor but honest parents--that is all right--never mind the particulars --go on with the legend. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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