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particular

Syllables: par·tic·u·lar/pəˈtɪk.jə.lə/UK/pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/

particular adjective: pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

Adjective

particular (comparative more particular, superlative most particular)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
  2. Specific; discrete; concrete.
    • I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
    • We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
    Antonyms:
    general
  3. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
    • I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
    • wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
  4. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
    • or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  5. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
    • My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
    • I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
  6. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
    • He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
    • These women are more particular about their appearance.
  7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
    • a full and particular account of an accident
  8. Containing a part only; limited.
    • a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
  9. Holding a particular estate.
    • a particular tenant1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  10. Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
    • a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".

Noun

particular (plural particulars)

  1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
    • I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Several Contrivances of the Author to Please the King and Queen. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I...
  2. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
    • Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public[…]or such as concern our particular1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
  3. (plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
    • When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.1912, Bertrand Russel, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter 9

particular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

particular in Hindi

particular
विशेष viśeṣ

particular in Tamil

குறிப்பாக

particular in Urdu

particular, specific
خاص xās
particular
وشیش viśeṣ

particular in Bengali

distinguished in some way; special
বিশেষ biśeś
More languagesFewer languages
particular in Telugu
ప్రత్యేక pratyēka
particular in Malayalam
ഒരിനം orinaṁ
particular in Kannada
ವಿಶೇಷ, ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ, ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕ
particular in Gujarati
અમુક amuk
particular in Odia
କେବଳ kebaḷa
particular in Assamese
ৱিশেষ wixex
particular in Arabic
خاص ḵāṣ
particular in Malay
tertentu

Examples of particular in a sentence

  • He brought no particular news.
  • She was the particular belle of the party.
  • Particular tension is documented among researchers in the AIDS Program Laboratory of the Center for Infectious Disease1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The CDC: When Politics & Egos Hamper Saving Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page...

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Synonyms of particular

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Forms of particular

Adjective
comparativemore particular
superlativemost particular
alsonon-comparable
alternative form (obsolete)perticular
Noun
pluralparticulars

Plural of particular: particulars

Origin of particular

From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle.

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Questions about particular

What does particular mean?
Particular means pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
What is particular in Hindi?
Particular in Hindi is विशेष (viśeṣ). See Particular meaning in Hindi.
How do you use particular in a sentence?
He brought no particular news.
What part of speech is particular?
Particular can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce particular?
Particular is pronounced /pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/ (UK).

Words near particular in the dictionary

  1. particoloured bear
  2. particoloured bears
  3. particolours
  4. particracies
  5. particracy
  6. particular
  7. particular average
  8. particular averages
  9. Particular Baptist
  10. Particular Baptists
  11. particular church

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Adapted from Wiktionary: particular (page history and authors); विशेष (Hindi) (page history and authors); particular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خاص (Urdu) (page history and authors); particular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અમુક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); କେବଳ (Odia) (page history and authors); ৱিশেষ (Assamese) (page history and authors). 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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