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particularizing

particularizing is the present participle and gerund 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 particularizing

What is particularizing the present participle and gerund of?
Particularizing is the present participle and gerund of particularize.

Words near particularizing in the dictionary

  1. particularize
  2. particularized
  3. particularizer
  4. particularizers
  5. particularizes
  6. particularizing
  7. particularizingly
  8. particularly
  9. particularment
  10. particularments
  11. particularness

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