Meaning

3 senses
  1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

    a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

  2. (plural)A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

  3. (obsolete)A person's own individual case.

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

1 languages

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

plural: particulars
Singularparticular
Pluralparticulars

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 antonyms

Word family

1 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