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[ adjective ] unique or specific to a person or thing or category
Examples "the particular demands of the job" "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art" "an expression peculiar to Canadians" "rights peculiar to the rich" "my own special chair" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Although the particular form of conceptualization which popular imagination had made in response to the experience of spirit was undoubtedly defective , the raw experience itself which led to such excesses remains with us as vividly as ever . When we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man 's worthlessness - until redeemed - the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon , a weapon designed and used time_and_time_again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church-state '' . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)A group of native trees or plants which are outstanding in a particular county can be featured at the site . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)But these are dreamed in original action , in some particular continuity which we do n't remember having seen in real_life . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)In_fact , there is much evidence to indicate they do n't care a_bit about anything beyond their particular regional , ethnic and occupational limits . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] separate and distinct from others
Examples "an exception in this particular case" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)The exercise I shall discuss in this - the first of a new series of articles on muscle definition specialization of a particular body_part - is the One_Leg_Lunge . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)I can n't tell when , but I'm positive I witnessed this same scene of this particular gathering at some time in the past '' ! Emerson , in his lecture , refers to the `` startling experience which almost every person confesses in daylight , that particular passages of conversation and action have occurred to him in the same order before , whether dreaming or waking , a suspicion that they have been with precisely these persons in precisely this room , and heard precisely this dialogue , at some former hour , they know not when '' . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)That much of what he calls folklore is the result of beliefs carefully sown among the people with the conscious aim of producing a desired mass emotional reaction to a particular situation or set of situations is irrelevant . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)With due consideration for the limits of precision in assessing , expected rate of change in ossification of girls age 2 years , and the known variations in rate of ossification of these children as described in our preceding paper in the Supplement , each arrow with a `` shaft length '' of four months or less was selected as indicating `` same schedule '' at Onset and Completion , for this particular epiphysis . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
Examples "interested in one particular artist" "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)This is when his troubles begin , not_to_mention a fledgling artist who he hires , and who turns_out to have ideas of his own , with particular respect_to the hero 's sweetheart secretary . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
Synonyms Examples "he always reasons from the particular to the general" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)A word should be said for Gary_Morgan , a Broadway youngsters who , as the adopted son , makes life miserable for nearly everybody and Larkin in particular . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The violinist , in particular , is very indulgent with swoops and slides , and his tone is pinched and edgy . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)American audiences in particular learned two valuable lessons . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The monk Savonarola , brought over from the Renaissance and placed against the background of Munich at the turn_of_the_century , protests against the luxurious works displayed in the art shop of M._Bluthenzweig ; in particular against a Madonna portrayed in a voluptuous style and modeled , according_to gossip , upon the painter 's mistress . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Below these particulars was a series of alpha beta gammas connected by arrows and crosses which denoted the lineage of the breed . |
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[ adjective ] surpassing what is common or usual or expected
Synonyms Examples "he paid especial attention to her" "exceptional kindness" "a matter of particular and unusual importance" "a special occasion" "a special reason to confide in her" "what's so special about 2000?" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)First I make preliminary watercolor sketches in quarter scale ( approximately * * f inches ) in which I pay particular attention to the design principles of three simple values - the lightest light , the middle tone , and the darkest dark - by reducing the forms of my subject to these large patterns . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)The engineer turned works manager had a particular view of life - and refused to change it . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)Or the exception may be_due to a particular durability peculiar to the Athabascan verb . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Although they were forced to maintain a sharper watch , this activity enabled them to ride in and rack their broncs without any particular attention being paid them . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] exacting especially about details
Examples "a finicky eater" "fussy about clothes" "very particular about how her food was prepared" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] providing specific details or circumstances
Examples "a particular description of the room" Related terms |
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