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particular meaning

EN[pɚˈtɪkjəlɚ]
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WParticular
  • In metaphysical philosophy,
  • Sybil Wolfram writes
  • Particulars include only individuals of a certain kind: as a first approximation individuals with a
  • Some terms are used by philosophers with a rough-and-ready idea of their meaning.
  • NounPLparticularsPREpar-
    1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
      1. OBS A person's own individual case.
        1. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.).
          1. When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
      2. Adjective
        1. OBS Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
          1. Specific; discrete; concrete.
            1. I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
            2. We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
          2. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
            1. I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
          3. OBS Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
            1. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
              1. My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
              2. I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
              3. He brought no particular news.
              4. She was the particular belle of the party.
            2. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
              1. He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
            3. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
              1. a full and particular account of an accident
            4. (law) Containing a part only; limited.
              1. a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
            5. (law) Holding a particular estate.
              1. a particular tenant
            6. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
              1. a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
          4. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • In particular some of the antennal OSNs in the coeloconic sensilla of I.
              • This tour-goer stopped everyone in their tracks when she told of seeing a family in the attic window many times prior to this particular night.
              • A spryte can include scan-lines with no pixels in them, and particular pixels within a spryte can be designated as transparent.
            2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
              • The last ten thousand years have witnessed a gracilization of the human cranium — and masticatory complex, in particular.
              • The overall plan is well understood, but we still have to work out the particulars.

          Meaning of particular for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "particular" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Adjectives
              • Uncomparable adjectives
              • Nouns
                • Countable nouns
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