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particularized

particularized is the simple past and past participle of particularize.

Meaning of particularize

Verb

particularize (third-person singular simple present particularizes, present participle particularizing, simple past and past participle particularized)

  1. (transitive) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
    Synonyms:
    set apart
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.
    • 'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section...
    Synonyms:
    clarify
  3. (intransitive) To differentiate, make distinct from others.
    Synonyms:
    distinguish

Questions about particularized

What is particularized the simple past and past participle of?
Particularized is the simple past and past participle of particularize.

Words near particularized in the dictionary

  1. particularities
  2. particularity
  3. particularization
  4. particularizations
  5. particularize
  6. particularized
  7. particularizer
  8. particularizers
  9. particularizes
  10. particularizing
  11. particularizingly

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