The Collaborative International Dictionary
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, n.
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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.
Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.
--Bacon.It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community.
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Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.]
For his particular I'll receive him gladly.
--Shak.If the particulars of each person be considered.
--Milton.Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public . . . or such as concern our particular.
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(Law) 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.
The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written.
--Ayliffe.Bill of particulars. See under Bill.
In particular, specially; specifically; peculiarly; particularly; especially. ``This, in particular, happens to the lungs.''
--Blackmore.To go into particulars, to relate or describe in detail or minutely.