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in particular

in particular prepositional phrase: especially, individually or specifically.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (focus) Especially, individually or specifically.
    • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    • Comparing the present picture carefully with other known portraits of George Stephenson, and in particular with a portrait belonging to Mrs. Connie Wilson, of Stargate, Ryton-on-Tyne, a close resemblance can be detected in the general contours of the face, the shape of the nose, the lines and...1960 February, H. C. P. Smail, “New Portrait of George Stephenson”, in Railway Magazine, page 93

in particular meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Vietnamese

in particular in Tamil

குறிப்பாக

in particular in Malayalam

specific, special
പ്രത്യേകിച്ച്, വിശേഷിച്ച്, വിശേഷാൽ, പ്രത്യേകമായി
specifically, particularly, especially
വിശിഷ്യ, വിശേഷവിധിയായി, പ്രത്യേകം, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച്, വിശേഷേണ, നിയതമായി

in particular in Vietnamese

especially, individually or specifically
nói riêng

Antonyms of in particular

Origin of in particular

Related to French en particulier. Compare Spanish en particular and Italian in particolare.

Questions about in particular

What does in particular mean?
In particular means especially, individually or specifically.
What is in particular in Tamil?
In particular in Tamil is குறிப்பாக. See In particular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in particular?
In particular is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in particular in the dictionary

  1. in pampers
  2. in parallel
  3. in pari materia
  4. in part
  5. in partibus infidelium
  6. in particular
  7. in passing
  8. in peace
  9. in perpetuity
  10. in person
  11. in personam

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in particular (page history and authors); in particular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in particular (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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