Associations to the word «Particular»

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

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".