particular
A small individual part of something largerA small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
» I have nothing particular to say.
Мне особенно нечего сказать.
Мені нічого особливо сказати.
Meaning
3 sensesA small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
(plural)A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
(obsolete)A person's own individual case.
Examples
328 sentencesI have nothing particular to say.
Мені нічого особливо сказати.
ruМне особенно нечего сказать.
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.
Tom is particular.
Том особливий.
ruТом особенный.
deTom ist ungewöhnlich.
We did nothing in particular.
Ми нічого особливого не зробили.
ruМы ничего особенного не сделали.
I didn't press Tom for particulars.
Я не тиснув на Тома, щоб дізнатися подробиці.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, paFrom 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
plural: particulars| Singular | particular |
|---|---|
| Plural | particulars |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- a fact about some part (as opposed to general):specific
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class:particular proposition
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole:detailitem
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsCollocations
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