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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A person's own individual case.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   (chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

4. Meaning 4 · adjective

   Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

5. Meaning 5 · adjective

   Specific; discrete; concrete.

   “I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.”

6. Meaning 6 · adjective

   Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

   “I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.”

7. Meaning 7 · adjective

   Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

8. Meaning 8 · adjective

   Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

   “He brought no particular news.”

9. Meaning 9 · adjective

   Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.

   “He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.”

10. Meaning 10 · adjective

    Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

    “a full and particular account of an accident”

11. Meaning 11 · adjective

    Containing a part only; limited.

    “a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder”

12. Meaning 12 · adjective

    Holding a particular estate.

    “a particular tenant”

13. Meaning 13 · adjective

    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".”

How this word is used

• General “I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.”
• General “I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.”
• General “He brought no particular news.”
• General “He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.”
• General “a full and particular account of an accident”
• General “a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder”
• General “a particular tenant”
• General “a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".”

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