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A fact about some part (as opposed to general)
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particular
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Word definitions for particular in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a part or section of a whole," late 14c., from particular (adj.). Particulars "small details of statement" is from c.1600.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a certain/particular kind ▪ A ‘besom’ is a particular kind of broom. a particular concern ▪ Noise is a particular concern of those living near the airport. a particular individual ▪ The writer is addressing a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context obsolete English) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial. 2 specific; discrete; concrete. 3 specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing. 4 (context obsolete English) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; ...
Usage examples of particular.
But Duncan, having lost the accounting issue, argued that the amount was not material when viewed a particular way.
Mr Advowson had described of its composition could bear a particular explanation.
In particular, breakthroughs in alloplasty and regeneration ended the organ bank problem.
This particular fisher was a widow because her mate had been eaten by allosaurs a couple of days before.
Where we read that, after the casting of lots, the sample lives are exhibited with the casual circumstances attending them and that the choice is made upon vision, in accordance with the individual temperament, we are given to understand that the real determination lies with the Souls, who adapt the allotted conditions to their own particular quality.
He appealed to the senses, referred entirely to some particular and trivial coincidence, and often put amatory weaknesses under contribution to give it force.
Soon the long hedgerows could be seen ambling away in no particular pattern.
In the particular instance of which I have given you a relation, Mircalla seemed to be limited to a name which, if not her real one, should at least reproduce, without the omission or addition of a single letter, those, as we say, anagrammatically, which compose it.
Rigorous analytic methods were developed, focused in particular on the Soviet Union, and several leading practitioners within the intelligence community discussed them with us.
The website contained basic information about anthrax as well as particular ways to deal with this recent attack, including the protocol for opening mail, easy-to-access references, frequently asked questions, and updated information about the current test results, how to obtain your test results, and where additional individuals could be tested.
Chenon, now also passed away, was a faithful and discerning reader, whose vast culture gave his comments particular weight in my eyes, and I felt his anticipation of future volumes as a great compliment.
Our Apostleship requires, that the Catholic faith should especially in this Our day increase and flourish everywhere, and that all heretical depravity should be driven far from the frontiers and bournes of the Faithful, We very gladly proclaim and even restate those particular means and methods whereby Our pious desire may obtain its wished effect, since when all errors are uprooted by Our diligent avocation as by the hoe of a provident husbandman, a zeal for, and the regular observance of, Our holy Faith will be all the more strongly impressed upon the hearts of the faithful.
In the process, Vonnegut reviews with bright venom the apotheoses of advertising, Chamber of Commercism, joinerism, and vulgarity that the new society has arrived at, with particular emphasis on the moral climate of the time.
The additional costs of the educational proposals shown in the appendix to your White Paper are considerable, and no doubt this particular aspect will be assessed in relation to the various other parts of your programme.
Was this right appurtenant to the manor, or was it also appendant to a frank tenement in a particular vill?