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   particular

   /pəˈtɪkjʊlə/

   adjective

   • 1. used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class: "the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies" Similar specificcertaindistinctseparateisolatedsingleindividualpeculiardiscretedefiniteexpresspreciseOpposite general
   • ▪ denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class.
   • 2. especially great or intense: "when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care" Similar specialextra specialespecialexceptionalunusualmarkedsingularuncommonnotablenoteworthyremarkableoutstandinguniqueformal:peculiarOpposite ordinary
   • 3. insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious: "she is very particular about cleanliness" Similar fussyfastidiousmeticulouspunctiliousdiscriminatingselectivepainstakingexactingdemandingcriticalover-particularover-fastidiousfinickyfaddishfinicaldaintyinformal:choosypickyfaddypernicketypersnicketyarchaic:niceOpposite carelesseasy-goinglaid-back

   noun

   • 1. a detail: "he is wrong in every particular"
   • ▪ detailed information about someone or something: "a clerk took the woman's particulars"
   • 2. an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality: "universals can be simultaneously exemplified by different particulars in different places"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • Znaczenie Particular, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     particular definicja: 1. special, or this and not any other:...

   • Particular in French

     PARTICULAR translate: particulier/-ière, particulier/-ière,...

   • Particular in Japanese

     PARTICULAR translate: 特定の, 特別な, 特定（とくてい）の, 格別（かくべつ）の,...

   • Particular in German

     PARTICULAR translate: speziell, besondere, -s, wählerisch....

   • Particular in Polish

     PARTICULAR translate: konkretny, szczególny, wybredny,...

   • Particular in Arabic

     PARTICULAR translate: مُعَيَّن, خاص. Learn more in the...

   • Particular: Catalan Translation

     particular translate: determinat, concret, especial. Learn...

   • Particular

     PARTICULAR meaning: 1. special, or this and not any other:...

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   Particular definition: of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general. See examples of PARTICULAR used in a sentence.

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   As an adjective, particular describes something specific, such as when you prefer one particular type of cereal over another. The noun form means specific points or details, as in the particulars of a police investigation.