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Definition of particular in English: particularadjective pəˈtɪkjʊləpə(r)ˈtɪkjələr 1attributive Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class. the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies Example sentencesExamples - Why do individuals, societies and particular classes or ethnic groups eat specific foods?
- Radicals believed there should only be three large wards to stop certain powerful individuals controlling particular areas.
- What is it that keeps us all so interested in these particular individuals?
- At each meeting a ‘wish list’ is compiled of particular issues that members wish to pursue.
- Looking around, I noticed waves of smell emanating from a particular individual, who was also shopping.
- Well, I'm not sure that this particular individual speaks for the entire military.
- So they are really generational studies told through the lens of particular individuals.
- Do individual members have particular styles of which they're in charge?
- The problem is not a problem of particular individuals, but a broader societal and structural problem.
- There are some, usually more sensitive individuals, who avoid particular passageways for this reason.
- One particular family member of mine has never been single, as long as I've been alive.
- Most of the inmates of this particular prison are members or sympathisers of the local separatist movement in the province.
- Almost every family in this village has one or more of its members working in this particular business sector.
- It is an ideal opportunity for the general public to pay tribute to the hard work of particular individuals in their area of expertise.
- We took that name and ran it and it came back to this particular individual.
- The president has agreed to an examination by the members of that particular commission.
- First, it's one thing to say individual people have particular traits that help us identify them.
- For his part, the chef has to strive to make the customer understand the individuality of a particular preparation.
- Which brings us back to where we started: What qualifies you to be a practicing member of a particular religion?
- The attacks were generally very personal and adopted a sneering tone towards particular individuals.
Synonyms specific, certain, distinct, separate, isolated single, individual, peculiar, discrete, definite, express, precise - 1.1Logic Denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class.
Contrasted with universal
2attributive Especially great or intense. when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care Example sentencesExamples - Statistics about violence in intimate relationships should be treated with particular care.
- It might be the opening of a door on your behalf or particular care with the wording of a letter.
- Driving along Thief Lane you need to take particular care, he warns, because of the primary school.
- The policy material also lays stress on the particular care with which applications for changes to residential use should be examined.
- He would have to have particular care and concern for his priests and for promoting vocations.
- Tertiary students should pay particular care when drinking, says Bradbury.
- The Cognacais take particular care in reducing their brandies to the 40 per cent strength at which they are sold.
- Caffrey took particular exception to these remarks because he was in love with an American girl, called Jessica, at the time.
- Take particular care when negotiating sharp bends, or features like railway bridges, which are more likely to be iced up
- The patrol leader should take particular care to explain each decision he made and each order he gave.
- Scuba divers examining wrecks should take particular care.
- As the holding is in an urban environment, particular care is taken with effluent control.
- This reinforces the view that it is incumbent upon those making these decisions to take particular care in both making and explaining them.
- Residents have been warned to take particular care when they go away on their summer holidays.
- So take particular care with personal hygiene in the mornings.
- The Descent is extremely well made on a technical level, with particular care taken with the sound and the visual texture.
- When you report on life and death issues, you owe it to your readers to take particular care in the editing process.
- Organisations such as Samaritans have long sought to persuade the media that reporting suicide calls for particular care.
- I have a strong suspicion that one has thrombosed, as there's a particular intensity to the pain which I remember from the old days.
- Such is the beauty of those who surrender to the particular care and purpose for which God has shaped them.
Synonyms special, extra special, especial, exceptional, unusual, marked, singular, uncommon, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, outstanding, unique formal peculiar 3Insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious. she is very particular about cleanliness Example sentencesExamples - He was particular about what sort of food should be mentioned.
- Bama's father, who was in the Indian army, was very particular about the children's education.
- I just get very particular about having ample time to myself, to be not around people.
- I paint my nails, go to the mall, and am very particular about how I dress and wear my hair.
- Sorry to be so particular about describing the packaging.
- I get teased by all my colleagues for being so particular about the cleanliness of the shop.
- You and your wife are particular about designing your onstage outfits.
- They are very particular about their records round here.
- A strict disciplinarian, he is particular about his health and is into yoga and meditation.
- Kobren is so particular about his hair that he refused to let anyone cut it for 12 years.
- I am very particular about sound and I hate to play in auditoriums that don't have a good system.
- Ever wondered why the cat is so particular about settling territorial disputes in the dead of night when everyone is asleep?
- Keynes wasn't too particular about how governments should spend money in a depression.
- For any serial, I am very particular about the script being narrated to me.
- I am also very particular about following the laid-out processes for doing business.
- I will say that my shirt came home in the same state it left, I was very particular about pumpkin hands touching it.
- Anil is very particular about meeting business heads to have an overall view of the businesses and new projects.
- My friend's very particular about her pasta, and she swore that the noodles were perfectly cooked.
- People are very particular about the interiors of their cars too.
- Time and again he was particular about enhancing self-confidence of students.
Synonyms fussy, fastidious, meticulous, punctilious, discriminating, selective, painstaking, exacting, demanding, critical, over-particular, over-fastidious, finicky, faddish, finical, dainty informal pernickety, choosy, picky British informal faddy archaic nice
noun pəˈtɪkjʊləpə(r)ˈtɪkjələr 1A detail. he is wrong in every particular Example sentencesExamples - He said he must have his men smart in every particular.
- In serious argument you cannot generalise from the particular.
- It is necessary, as in the Hegelian method, to start from the abstract concept and go from there to the particular.
- So when we talk about race, we're torn between stereotypes ruthlessly deployed and seeking out the particular.
- It was Gyric; it was him in every particular; but it was as if Gyric were whole again.
- If you remove the particular from these events and just think of them as Cool Stuff, then they're pleasingly regular and not rare at all.
- That is not to say that users must agree with the editor in every particular.
- Just how many of you appreciate just how tightly is another matter, but the details of this particular should leave no-one in any doubt at all.
- Painting bush requires a careful balance between the general and the particular.
- Let us separate the particular from the general and go back to my question.
- They saw that his message was universal, and their minds were locked into the local and the particular.
Synonyms detail, item, point, fine point, specific, specification, element, aspect, respect, regard, particularity, fact, feature, circumstance, thing - 1.1particulars Detailed information about someone or something.
a clerk took the woman's particulars Example sentencesExamples - Irene is the person to contact for show schedules and more detailed particulars.
- I conducted a voir dire at the request of the accused to determine the origin of this information and further particulars.
- The statement was not on the record, and it addressed few of the particulars you now raise immediately after the fact.
- If you would like to appear in the Pride London 2005 adverts, you can find all the details of where to send your particulars (name, address, photograph etc) here.
- There are some subtle disagreements among us on some of the particulars, naturally, just as there are among conservative originalists.
- The particulars and information so furnished shall, if the entry of the relevant ship be accepted, be deemed to form the basis of the contract of insurance between the Member or applicant and the Club.
- All of the normal difficulties of ethical life remain, and they can be solved only by means of a detailed understanding of the particulars of each situation.
- His lawyers had earlier asked for a one-week postponement of the arraignment because they have not yet received the bill of particulars or list of detailed evidence on the case but the court rejected their plea.
- Don't worry about it, Matty'll inform you on the particulars of your assignment tomorrow night.
- But it doesn't really matter in the particulars, because it's all totally, utterly subjective.
- As she dwelled on the particulars of the matter, she felt a peculiar shudder from her lover, and a sense of satisfaction came over her, for she knew that the point was now thoroughly and irrevocably moot.
- To that end, the USDA typically keeps the information about the particulars of recalls as confidential.
- By inputting little more than their name and email address, users can receive the agent's sales particulars within seconds.
- If the relevant interest is defined, as I at the moment think it should be, in terms of receiving information about the particulars of the court case, then the issue of relevance is irrelevant.
- The particulars of this don't really matter now, since Bennett has pretty much put an end to the whole thing.
- I find myself uninterested in technique - the particulars of better arm-twisting and wrist-bending.
- The motion should also give detailed particulars of the violation or crime allegedly committed.
- Zimbabwe also requested Zambia to provide it with information on particulars of the exporters so that control measures could be put in place.
- The defendants seek further information including particulars as to whom the monies were paid, if they were transferred to another entity and other information.
- Oh, yes you may stay and reminisce, Conductor, and let Jeffries know the particulars of this matter.
Synonyms information, data, facts, facts and figures, statistics, evidence, subject matter, ideas, details, particulars
2Philosophy
An individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality. universals can be simultaneously exemplified by different particulars in different places Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- The claim that there are no universals apart from particulars needs to be understood in context.
- Philosophers who agree with a conception of events as particulars typically distinguish different sorts of such particulars.
- A third implication of a place-based philosophy has to do with the connection between universal qualities and their particulars.
- But intellectual appetite is free because the intellect deals with universals, not particulars.
Phrases Especially (used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other) he socialized with the other young people, one boy in particular Example sentencesExamples - They, and one in particular, often forget to say thank you when it is called for.
- No set, and in particular no infinite set, has as many members as it has subsets.
- I cannot begin to tell you how much pleasure that last one, in particular, gave me.
- The first half in particular was epitomised by a real uncertainty in dealing with crosses.
- The ELO in particular only appeared in the trailer but is the stand out piece here.
- Part of it had to do with the players themselves, and in particular the contrast between them.
- One of Maurice, in particular, bought tears to her eyes as the memories flooded back.
- I was pleased with the results, and one in particular I reckon is as good as I can do.
- Toddlers in particular are not known for the patience and sitting still skills.
Synonyms specific, special particularly, specifically, to be specific, especially, specially
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis 'concerning a small part', from particula 'small part'. Rhymes auricular, curricula, curricular, diverticula, funicular, lenticular, navicular, perpendicular, vehicular, vermicular Definition of particular in US English: particularadjectivepə(r)ˈtɪkjələrpə(r)ˈtikyələr 1attributive Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class. the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies Example sentencesExamples - Which brings us back to where we started: What qualifies you to be a practicing member of a particular religion?
- Well, I'm not sure that this particular individual speaks for the entire military.
- So they are really generational studies told through the lens of particular individuals.
- Almost every family in this village has one or more of its members working in this particular business sector.
- We took that name and ran it and it came back to this particular individual.
- Radicals believed there should only be three large wards to stop certain powerful individuals controlling particular areas.
- The attacks were generally very personal and adopted a sneering tone towards particular individuals.
- What is it that keeps us all so interested in these particular individuals?
- Do individual members have particular styles of which they're in charge?
- Why do individuals, societies and particular classes or ethnic groups eat specific foods?
- First, it's one thing to say individual people have particular traits that help us identify them.
- One particular family member of mine has never been single, as long as I've been alive.
- For his part, the chef has to strive to make the customer understand the individuality of a particular preparation.
- The problem is not a problem of particular individuals, but a broader societal and structural problem.
- At each meeting a ‘wish list’ is compiled of particular issues that members wish to pursue.
- Most of the inmates of this particular prison are members or sympathisers of the local separatist movement in the province.
- There are some, usually more sensitive individuals, who avoid particular passageways for this reason.
- It is an ideal opportunity for the general public to pay tribute to the hard work of particular individuals in their area of expertise.
- The president has agreed to an examination by the members of that particular commission.
- Looking around, I noticed waves of smell emanating from a particular individual, who was also shopping.
Synonyms specific, certain, distinct, separate, isolated - 1.1Logic Denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class.
Contrasted with universal
2attributive Especially great or intense. when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care Example sentencesExamples - Scuba divers examining wrecks should take particular care.
- Statistics about violence in intimate relationships should be treated with particular care.
- I have a strong suspicion that one has thrombosed, as there's a particular intensity to the pain which I remember from the old days.
- It might be the opening of a door on your behalf or particular care with the wording of a letter.
- He would have to have particular care and concern for his priests and for promoting vocations.
- The patrol leader should take particular care to explain each decision he made and each order he gave.
- Residents have been warned to take particular care when they go away on their summer holidays.
- Tertiary students should pay particular care when drinking, says Bradbury.
- Take particular care when negotiating sharp bends, or features like railway bridges, which are more likely to be iced up
- As the holding is in an urban environment, particular care is taken with effluent control.
- This reinforces the view that it is incumbent upon those making these decisions to take particular care in both making and explaining them.
- When you report on life and death issues, you owe it to your readers to take particular care in the editing process.
- The Descent is extremely well made on a technical level, with particular care taken with the sound and the visual texture.
- Organisations such as Samaritans have long sought to persuade the media that reporting suicide calls for particular care.
- The Cognacais take particular care in reducing their brandies to the 40 per cent strength at which they are sold.
- So take particular care with personal hygiene in the mornings.
- Such is the beauty of those who surrender to the particular care and purpose for which God has shaped them.
- The policy material also lays stress on the particular care with which applications for changes to residential use should be examined.
- Driving along Thief Lane you need to take particular care, he warns, because of the primary school.
- Caffrey took particular exception to these remarks because he was in love with an American girl, called Jessica, at the time.
Synonyms special, extra special, especial, exceptional, unusual, marked, singular, uncommon, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, outstanding, unique 3Insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious. she is very particular about cleanliness Example sentencesExamples - Sorry to be so particular about describing the packaging.
- You and your wife are particular about designing your onstage outfits.
- Anil is very particular about meeting business heads to have an overall view of the businesses and new projects.
- Kobren is so particular about his hair that he refused to let anyone cut it for 12 years.
- A strict disciplinarian, he is particular about his health and is into yoga and meditation.
- Time and again he was particular about enhancing self-confidence of students.
- I am also very particular about following the laid-out processes for doing business.
- I will say that my shirt came home in the same state it left, I was very particular about pumpkin hands touching it.
- I just get very particular about having ample time to myself, to be not around people.
- He was particular about what sort of food should be mentioned.
- Bama's father, who was in the Indian army, was very particular about the children's education.
- People are very particular about the interiors of their cars too.
- I paint my nails, go to the mall, and am very particular about how I dress and wear my hair.
- I am very particular about sound and I hate to play in auditoriums that don't have a good system.
- Ever wondered why the cat is so particular about settling territorial disputes in the dead of night when everyone is asleep?
- I get teased by all my colleagues for being so particular about the cleanliness of the shop.
- Keynes wasn't too particular about how governments should spend money in a depression.
- My friend's very particular about her pasta, and she swore that the noodles were perfectly cooked.
- For any serial, I am very particular about the script being narrated to me.
- They are very particular about their records round here.
Synonyms fussy, fastidious, meticulous, punctilious, discriminating, selective, painstaking, exacting, demanding, critical, over-particular, over-fastidious, finicky, faddish, finical, dainty
nounpə(r)ˈtɪkjələrpə(r)ˈtikyələr 1Philosophy
An individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality. Example sentencesExamples - The claim that there are no universals apart from particulars needs to be understood in context.
- Philosophers who agree with a conception of events as particulars typically distinguish different sorts of such particulars.
- A third implication of a place-based philosophy has to do with the connection between universal qualities and their particulars.
- 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.
- But intellectual appetite is free because the intellect deals with universals, not particulars.
2A detail. he is wrong in every particular Example sentencesExamples - Painting bush requires a careful balance between the general and the particular.
- In serious argument you cannot generalise from the particular.
- Let us separate the particular from the general and go back to my question.
- Just how many of you appreciate just how tightly is another matter, but the details of this particular should leave no-one in any doubt at all.
- It was Gyric; it was him in every particular; but it was as if Gyric were whole again.
- That is not to say that users must agree with the editor in every particular.
- If you remove the particular from these events and just think of them as Cool Stuff, then they're pleasingly regular and not rare at all.
- It is necessary, as in the Hegelian method, to start from the abstract concept and go from there to the particular.
- He said he must have his men smart in every particular.
- They saw that his message was universal, and their minds were locked into the local and the particular.
- So when we talk about race, we're torn between stereotypes ruthlessly deployed and seeking out the particular.
Synonyms detail, item, point, fine point, specific, specification, element, aspect, respect, regard, particularity, fact, feature, circumstance, thing - 2.1particulars Detailed information about someone or something.
a clerk took the woman's particulars Example sentencesExamples - Oh, yes you may stay and reminisce, Conductor, and let Jeffries know the particulars of this matter.
- But it doesn't really matter in the particulars, because it's all totally, utterly subjective.
- I conducted a voir dire at the request of the accused to determine the origin of this information and further particulars.
- The defendants seek further information including particulars as to whom the monies were paid, if they were transferred to another entity and other information.
- By inputting little more than their name and email address, users can receive the agent's sales particulars within seconds.
- Irene is the person to contact for show schedules and more detailed particulars.
- Zimbabwe also requested Zambia to provide it with information on particulars of the exporters so that control measures could be put in place.
- As she dwelled on the particulars of the matter, she felt a peculiar shudder from her lover, and a sense of satisfaction came over her, for she knew that the point was now thoroughly and irrevocably moot.
- The motion should also give detailed particulars of the violation or crime allegedly committed.
- I find myself uninterested in technique - the particulars of better arm-twisting and wrist-bending.
- There are some subtle disagreements among us on some of the particulars, naturally, just as there are among conservative originalists.
- If you would like to appear in the Pride London 2005 adverts, you can find all the details of where to send your particulars (name, address, photograph etc) here.
- Don't worry about it, Matty'll inform you on the particulars of your assignment tomorrow night.
- The particulars of this don't really matter now, since Bennett has pretty much put an end to the whole thing.
- If the relevant interest is defined, as I at the moment think it should be, in terms of receiving information about the particulars of the court case, then the issue of relevance is irrelevant.
- All of the normal difficulties of ethical life remain, and they can be solved only by means of a detailed understanding of the particulars of each situation.
- The statement was not on the record, and it addressed few of the particulars you now raise immediately after the fact.
- His lawyers had earlier asked for a one-week postponement of the arraignment because they have not yet received the bill of particulars or list of detailed evidence on the case but the court rejected their plea.
- The particulars and information so furnished shall, if the entry of the relevant ship be accepted, be deemed to form the basis of the contract of insurance between the Member or applicant and the Club.
- To that end, the USDA typically keeps the information about the particulars of recalls as confidential.
Synonyms information, data, facts, facts and figures, statistics, evidence, subject matter, ideas, details, particulars
Phrases Especially (used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other) he socialized with the other young people, one boy in particular Example sentencesExamples - The first half in particular was epitomised by a real uncertainty in dealing with crosses.
- One of Maurice, in particular, bought tears to her eyes as the memories flooded back.
- Toddlers in particular are not known for the patience and sitting still skills.
- Part of it had to do with the players themselves, and in particular the contrast between them.
- The ELO in particular only appeared in the trailer but is the stand out piece here.
- No set, and in particular no infinite set, has as many members as it has subsets.
- I cannot begin to tell you how much pleasure that last one, in particular, gave me.
- I was pleased with the results, and one in particular I reckon is as good as I can do.
- They, and one in particular, often forget to say thank you when it is called for.
Synonyms specific, special particularly, specifically, to be specific, especially, specially
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’. |