Meaning

10 senses
  1. Specific; discrete; concrete.

    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.

    speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch

    конкре́тныйkonkrétnyj, отде́льныйotdélʹnyj, ча́стныйčástnyj

    конкре́тнийkonkrétnyj, окре́мийokrémyj, прива́тнийpryvátnyj

    providing specific details or circumstances

  2. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

    I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.

    besonders, besonderer, charakteristisch

    характерныйxarakternyj, специфи́ческийspecifíčeskij, осо́быйosóbyj

    специфі́чнийspecyfíčnyj, особли́вийosoblývyj

    unique or specific to a person or thing or category

  3. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

    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.

    bestimmt, besonderer, speziell

    специа́льныйspeciálʹnyj, осо́бенныйosóbennyj

    спеціа́льнийspeciálʹnyj, особли́вийosoblývyj

  4. (comparable)Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.

    He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.

    These women are more particular about their appearance.

    sorgfältig, penibel, genau

    разборчивыйrazborčivyj, щепетильныйščepetilʹnyj, привере́дливыйpriverédlivyj

  5. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

    a full and particular account of an accident

  6. Containing a part only; limited.

    a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder

  7. Holding a particular estate.

  8. Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

    a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".

  9. (obsolete)Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

  10. (obsolete)Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

Examples

328 sentences
  1. I have nothing particular to say.

    Мені нічого особливо сказати.

    ruМне особенно нечего сказать.

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  2. I'm not very particular about food.

    Я не дуже вибагливий у їжі.

    ruЯ не очень привередлив в еде.

    deIch bin beim Essen nicht sehr wählerisch.

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  3. Tom is particular.

    Том особливий.

    ruТом особенный.

    deTom ist ungewöhnlich.

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  4. We did nothing in particular.

    Ми нічого особливого не зробили.

    ruМы ничего особенного не сделали.

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  5. I didn't press Tom for particulars.

    Я не тиснув на Тома, щоб дізнатися подробиці.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
specific; discrete; concrete:
specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing:
distinguished in some way; special:
Русский
By meaning 4
specific; discrete; concrete:
specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing:
distinguished in some way; special:
concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
specific; discrete; concrete:
specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing:
distinguished in some way; special:
of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details:
concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious:

Origin

From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, pa

From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle.

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Forms

more particular, most particular
Comparativemore particular Lesson
Superlativemost particular Lesson

regular

Synonyms

62 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • something in particular
  • very particular about
  • particular about what
  • in particular that
  • anything in particular
  • nothing in particular
  • particular about food
  • is very particular
  • is particular about
  • no particular hurry
  • in no particular
  • as particular as

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
particular — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto