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particular
noun
1 particular
A fact about some part (as opposed to general):
— He always reasons from the particular to the general.
synonym: specific.
Roget 151:
eventuality,
event,
occurrence,
incident,
affair,
matter,
thing,
episode,
happening,
proceeding,
contingency,
juncture,
experience,
fact;
matter of fact;
naked fact,
bare facts,
just the facts;
phenomenon;
advent.
business,
concern,
transaction,
dealing,
proceeding;
circumstance,
particular,
casualty,
accident,
adventure,
passage,
crisis,
pass,
emergency,
contingency,
consequence;
opportunity
(occasion)
143.
the world,
life,
things,
doings,
affairs in general;
things in general,
affairs in general;
the times,
state of affairs,
order of the day;
course of things,
tide of things,
stream of things,
current of things,
run of things,
march of things,
course of events;
ups and downs of life,
vicissitudes of life;
chapter of accidents
etc.
(chance)
156;
situation
etc.
(circumstances)
8.
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2 particular
A small part that can be considered separately from the whole.
synonyms: detail, item.
Roget 51:
part,
portion;
dose;
item,
particular;
aught,
any;
division,
ward;
subdivision,
section;
chapter,
clause,
count,
paragraph,
verse;
article,
passage;
sector,
segment;
fraction,
fragment;
cantle,
frustum;
detachment,
parcel.
piece [Fr.],
lump,
bit cut,
cutting;
chip,
chunk,
collop†,
slice,
scale;
lamina
etc.
204;
small part;
morsel,
particle
etc.
(smallness)
32;
installment,
dividend;
share
etc.
(allotment)
786.
debris,
odds and ends,
oddments,
detritus;
excerpta†;
member,
limb,
lobe,
lobule,
arm,
wing,
scion,
branch,
bough,
joint,
link,
offshoot,
ramification,
twig,
bush,
spray,
sprig;
runner;
leaf,
leaflet;
stump;
component part
etc.
56;
sarmentum†.
compartment;
department
etc.
(class)
75;
county
etc.
(region)
181.
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Dutch: kleinigheid, ik schaam me, bijzonderheid, detail, ins en outs, particulariteit
3 particular
logic A proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class.
synonym: particular proposition.
adjective
1 particular
Unique or specific to a person or thing or category:
— The particular demands of the job.
— Has a particular preference for Chinese art.
synonyms: peculiar, special.
Roget 459:
careful regardful,
heedful;
taking care
etc.
v.;
particular;
prudent
etc.
(cautious)
864;
considerate;
thoughtful
etc.
(deliberative)
451;
provident
etc.
(prepared)
673;
alert
etc.
(active)
682;
sure-footed.
guarded,
on one's guard;
on the qui vivre [Fr.],
on the alert,
on watch,
on the lookout;
awake,
broad awake,
vigilant;
watchful,
wakeful,
wistful;
Argus-eyed;
wide awake
etc.
(intelligent)
498;
on the watch for
(expectant)
507.
tidy
etc.
(orderly)
58,
(clean)
652;
accurate
etc.
(exact)
494;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
cavendo tutus [Lat.]
etc.
(safe)
664.
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Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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Roget 79:
special,
particular,
individual,
specific,
proper,
personal,
original,
private,
respective,
definite,
determinate,
especial,
certain,
esoteric,
endemic,
partial,
party,
peculiar,
appropriate,
several,
characteristic,
diagnostic,
exclusive;
singular
etc.
(exceptional)
83;
idiomatic;
idiotypical;
typical.
this,
that;
yon,
yonder.
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Roget 608:
capricious;
erratic,
eccentric,
fitful,
hysterical;
full of whims
etc.
n.;
maggoty;
inconsistent,
fanciful,
fantastic,
whimsical,
crotchety,
kinky [U.S.],
particular,
humorsome†,
freakish,
skittish,
wanton,
wayward;
contrary;
captious;
arbitrary;
unconformable
etc.
83;
penny wise and pound foolish;
fickle
etc.
(irresolute)
605;
frivolous,
sleeveless,
giddy,
volatile.
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Roget 494:
real,
actual
etc.
(existing)
1;
veritable,
true;
right,
correct;
certain
etc.
474;
substantially true,
categorically true,
definitively true
&c.;
true to the letter,
true as gospel;
unimpeachable;
veracious
etc.
543;
unreconfuted†,
unconfuted†;
unideal†,
unimagined;
realistic.
exact,
accurate,
definite,
precise,
well-defined,
just,
just so,
so;
strict,
severe;
close
etc.
(similar)
17;
literal;
rigid,
rigorous;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
religiously exact,
punctual,
mathematical,
scientific;
faithful,
constant,
unerring;
curious,
particular,
nice,
delicate,
fine;
clean-cut,
clear-cut.
verified,
empirically true,
experimentally verified,
substantiated,
proven
(demonstrated)
478.
rigorously true,
unquestionably true.
true by definition.
genuine,
authentic,
legitimate;
orthodox
etc.
983.1;
official,
ex officio.
pure,
natural,
sound,
sterling;
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed,
uncolored;
in its true colors;
pukka†.
well-grounded,
well founded;
solid,
substantial,
tangible,
valid;
undistorted,
undisguised;
unaffected,
unexaggerated,
unromantic,
unflattering.
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2 particular
Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category.
3 particular
Surpassing what is common or usual or expected:
— A matter of particular and unusual importance.
synonyms: especial, exceptional, special.
4 particular
First and most important:
— She gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work.
synonym: special.
5 particular
Exacting especially about details:
— Very particular about how her food was prepared.
synonyms: finical, finicky, fussy, picky.
Roget 868:
fastidious,
nice,
delicate,
delicat†,
finical,
finicky,
demanding,
meticulous,
exacting,
strict,
anal [Vulg.],
difficult,
dainty,
lickerish†,
squeamish,
thin-skinned;
squeasy†,
queasy;
hard to please,
difficult to please;
querulous,
particular,
straitlaced,
scrupulous;
censorious
etc.
932;
hypercritical;
overcritical.
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Polish: rozkapryszony, chimeryczny, kapryśny, grymaśny, humorzasty
6 particular
Providing specific details or circumstances.
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