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Definitions for Particulars

[1] of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
[2] immediately present or under consideration; in this specific instance or place: Look at this particular clause in the contract.
[3] distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy; marked; unusual: She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert.
[4] exceptional or especial: Take particular pains with this job.
[5] being such in an exceptional degree: a particular friend of mine.
[6] dealing with or giving details, as an account or description, of a person; detailed; minute.
[7] exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting; fastidious; fussy: to be particular about one's food.
[8] Logic . not general; referring to an indefinite part of a whole class. (of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers. partaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class.
[9] Law . noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, as lands devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children. noting the tenant of such an estate.
[10] an individual or distinct part, as an item of a list or enumeration.
[11] Usually particulars. specific points, details, or circumstances: to give an investigator the particulars of a case.
[12] Logic . an individual or a specific group within a general class.
[13] in particular , particularly; specifically; especially: There is one book in particular that may help you.
[14] (prenominal) of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special the particular demands of the job ; no particular reason
[15] (prenominal) exceptional or marked a matter of particular importance
[16] (prenominal) relating to or providing specific details or circumstances a particular account
[17] exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy
[18] (of the solution of a differential equation) obtained by giving specific values to the arbitrary constants in a general equation
[19] logic (of a proposition) affirming or denying something about only some members of a class of objects, as in some men are not wicked Compare universal (def. 10)
[20] property law denoting an estate that precedes the passing of the property into ultimate ownership See also remainder (def. 3), reversion (def. 4)
[21] a separate distinct item that helps to form a generalization: opposed to general
[22] (often plural) an item of information; detail complete in every particular
[23] logic another name for individual (def. 7a)
[24] philosophy an individual object, as contrasted with a universal See universal (def. 12b)
[25] in particular especially, particularly, or exactly

Words related to Particulars

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Origin of Particulars

1350–1400; < Late Latin particulāris, equivalent to Latin particul(a ) particle + -āris -ar1; replacing Middle English particuler < Middle French < Late Latin, as above

Other words from Particulars

o·ver·par·tic·u·lar , adjective
o·ver·par·tic·u·lar·ly , adverb
un·par·tic·u·lar , adjective

Word origin for Particulars

C14: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin particulāris concerning a part, from Latin particula particle v

Synonyms for Particulars

article, case, circumstance, fact, specific, ABC's, clue, cue, element, feature, gospel, item, know, nitty-gritty, picture, point, rundown, scoop, score, speciality, specification, story, thing, bottom line, brass tacks, chapter and verse, facts of life, lowdown, nuts and bolts, what's what, whole story