particular
adjective
1. unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- the particular demands of the job
- has a particular preference for Chinese art
Similar word(s): specific, peculiar, special
2. 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
Similar word(s): specific
3. surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- a matter of particular and unusual importance
Similar word(s): uncommon, especial, exceptional, special
4. first and most important
- she gets particular satisfaction from her volunteer work
Similar word(s): primary, special
5. difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
- very particular about how her food was prepared
Similar word(s): fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, picky
6. providing specific details or circumstances
- a particular description of the room
Similar word(s): careful
Sentences with particular as an adjective:
- I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
- We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
- I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
- My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
- I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
- He brought no particular news.
- She was the particular belle of the party.
- He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
- a full and particular account of an accident
- a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
- a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
noun
1. a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- he always reasons from the particular to the general
Similar word(s): specific
Definition categories: thought, fact
2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
Definition categories: link, component, constituent, part, portion
3. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
Definition categories: communication, proposition