PARTICULAR
\pətˈɪkjʊlə], \pətˈɪkjʊlə], \p_ə_t_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə]\
Definitions of PARTICULAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
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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"
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providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room"
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separate and distinct from others; "an exception in this particular case"
By Princeton University
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first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
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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"
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providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room"
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separate and distinct from others; "an exception in this particular case"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
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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.
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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.
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Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
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Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
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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.
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Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
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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.
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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.
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Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
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Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
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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.
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Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Distinct from others; individual; peculiar or special; exact; minute.
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Particularly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Particularly.
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Pertaining to a part or item; separate; individual; specific.
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Specially noteworthy.
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Minute; exact; fastidious.
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A separate matter or item; an instance; point; detail.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Relating to a particle: pertaining to a single person or thing: individual: special: worthy of special attention: concerned with things single or distinct: exect: nice in taste: precise.
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A distinct or minute part: a single point: a single instance: pl. details.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to a single person or thing; single; individual; special; singular; nice in taste; peculiar; precise or exact.
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Details. In particular, specially.
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A single instance; a distinct part.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Not general; individual; distinctive; odd; having something that distinguishes from others, used in the sense of contempt; nice; attentive to things single or distinct; exact; minute.
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A single instance; a single point.
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Details.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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