Particular

adjective
pər'tɪkjələr

Adjective

  • unique or specific to a person or thing or category

    the particular demands of the job

    has a particular preference for Chinese art

  • exacting especially about details

    very particular about how her food was prepared

    Similar:FinicalFinickyFussyPicky
  • first and most important

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

    Similar:Special
  • surpassing what is common or usual or expected

    a matter of particular and unusual importance

    Similar:EspecialExceptionalSpecial
  • 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

  • providing specific details or circumstances

    a particular description of the room

Noun

  • a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

    he always reasons from the particular to the general

    Similar:Specific
    Type of:Fact
  • a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

    Similar:DetailItem
    Type of:ConstituentComponentPart
  • (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

    Type of:Proposition

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