Associations to the word «Particular»

Wiktionary

PARTICULAR, adjective. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
PARTICULAR, adjective. Specific; discrete; concrete.
PARTICULAR, adjective. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
PARTICULAR, adjective. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
PARTICULAR, adjective. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
PARTICULAR, adjective. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
PARTICULAR, adjective. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
PARTICULAR, adjective. (legal) Containing a part only; limited.
PARTICULAR, adjective. (legal) Holding a particular estate.
PARTICULAR, adjective. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
PARTICULAR, noun. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. [from 15th c.]
PARTICULAR, noun. (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th-19th c.]
PARTICULAR, noun. (now philosophy) (chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) [from 17th c.]
PARTICULAR CHURCH, noun. (Roman Catholic canon law) Any of the individual constituent ecclesial communities in full communion with Rome that are part of the Catholic Church as a whole.
PARTICULAR CHURCHES, noun. Plural of particular Church
PARTICULAR INTEGRAL, noun. (mathematics) Any solution to a differential equation.
PARTICULAR INTEGRALS, noun. Plural of particular integral

Dictionary definition

PARTICULAR, noun. A fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general".
PARTICULAR, noun. A small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details".
PARTICULAR, noun. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class.
PARTICULAR, adjective. Unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair".
PARTICULAR, adjective. Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him".
PARTICULAR, adjective. Surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?".
PARTICULAR, adjective. First and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work".
PARTICULAR, adjective. Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared".
PARTICULAR, adjective. Providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats