particular

adjective

  1. 1

    providing specific details or circumstances

    a particular description of the room

  2. 2

    surpassing what is common or usual or expected

    he paid especial attention to her

    exceptional kindness

  3. 3

    exacting especially about details

    a finicky eater

    fussy about clothes

  4. 4

    unique or specific to a person or thing or category

    the particular demands of the job

    has a particular preference for Chinese art

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    first and most important

    his special interest is music

    she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work

noun

  1. 1

    a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

    he always reasons from the particular to the general

  2. 2

    (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

  3. 3

    a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

    it was perfect in all details

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