particular

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a fact about some part, as opposed to the whole

   They always reason from the particular to the general.

2. 2
   adj

   Specific; discrete; concrete.

   I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.

3. 3
   adj

   Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

   I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.

4. 4
   adj

   Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

   or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.

5. 5
   adj

   Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

   My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.

6. 6
   adj

   Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.

   He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.

7. 7
   adj

   Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

   a full and particular account of an accident

8. 8
   adj

   Containing a part only; limited.

   a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder

Etymology

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.