particular
/pəˈtɪkjələ/ · noun
Meaning
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
- A person's own individual case.
- (chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
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