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Particular

adjective

1.

Unique or specific to a person or thing or category. Synonyms: peculiar, special. "Has a particular preference for Chinese art" , "A peculiar bond of sympathy between them" , "An expression peculiar to Canadians" , "Rights peculiar to the rich" , "The special features of a computer" , "My own special chair"

2.

Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category. "A man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"

3.

Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. Synonyms: especial, exceptional, special. "Exceptional kindness" , "A matter of particular and unusual importance" , "A special occasion" , "A special reason to confide in her" , "What's so special about the year 2000?"

4.

First and most important. Synonym: special. "She gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"

5.

Exacting especially about details. Synonyms: finical, finicky, fussy, picky. "Fussy about clothes" , "Very particular about how her food was prepared"

6.

Providing specific details or circumstances.

noun

1.

A fact about some part (as opposed to general). Synonym: specific.

2.

A small part that can be considered separately from the whole. Synonyms: detail, item.

3.

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class. Synonym: particular proposition.

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... next to none, of the great versatility of action of which the electric current is capable. They know nothing of the electrical polarization of the living organism in health, nor how it is variously affected in disease. The particular electrical state of the diseased organs is a matter foreign to their minds. They appear to suppose the point to be immediately aimed at as a means of cure is to get the electricity from the machine into the affected part or parts; whereas it should be to change, by correction, ...

— A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication • Daniel Clark

... is. I shall be very sorry. I should be willing to have it rough again, it that would make it longer. I liked it's being rough. We had it to ourselves." He had not thought how that sounded, but if it sounded particular, she did not ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... that you shall not have it? This love forces on you no particular husband; it but gives you the proud right, once disputed, of seeking your husband among ...

— Henry VIII And His Court • Louise Muhlbach

... have particular regard to the time present, and to be most solicitous for that which is by its nearness enabled to make the strongest impressions. When therefore any sharp pain is to be suffered, or any formidable danger to be incurred, we can scarcely exempt ourselves ...

— The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, In Nine Volumes - Volume the Third: The Rambler, Vol. II • Samuel Johnson

... was perpetuated by the name of the place; compare ver. 25: "And Joshua said. Why hast thou troubled us? The Lord shall trouble thee this day. Therefore the name of the place was called. The valley of Achor, unto this day." This particular dealing of God, however, is based upon His nature, and must, therefore, repeat itself when Israel again comes into similar circumstances,—must be repeated, in general, whensoever similar conditions arise. Even they who have already entered the [Pg 263] promised land, who have ...

— Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, v. 1 • Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

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