particular

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Synonyms: perticular, partic'lar, particuler, articular, particula, particulars, particulate, abarticular, vorticular, biarticular, diarticular

Antonyms: perticular, partic'lar, particuler, articular, particula, particulars, particulate, abarticular, vorticular, biarticular, diarticular

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Pertaining only to a [[part]] of something; [[partial]].
2. [[specific|Specific]]; [[discrete]]; [[concrete]].
3. [[specialised|Specialised]]; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Known only to an individual person or group; [[confidential]].
5. [[distinguished|Distinguished]] in some way; [[special]] (often in negative constructions).
6. {{lb|en|comparable}} Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, [[detail]]s; [[fastidious]].
7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
8. {{lb|en|law}} Containing a part only; limited.
9. {{lb|en|legal}} Holding a particular estate.
10. {{lb|en|logic}} Forming a part of a [[genus]]; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

Noun

1. A small individual [[part]] of something larger; a [[detail]], a [[point]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A person's own [[individual]] case. {{defdate|16th|19th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|now|_|philosophy|chiefly in plural}} A particular [[case]]; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to {{m|en|generals}}, {{m|en|universals}}.) {{defdate|from 17th c.}}

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