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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026par•tic•u•lar /pɚˈtɪkyəlɚ, pəˈtɪk-/USA pronunciation
adj.
- relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, etc.;
not general:[before a noun]one's particular interests.
- considered separately from others;
specific;
distinct:[before a noun]a particular item on a list.
- greater or stronger than usual;
unusual:[before a noun]Take particular pains with this job.
- overly selective;
fussy;
hard to please:[be + ~]He is very particular about his food.
n. [countable]
- an individual or distinct part, as an item in a series:In at least one particular the lawyer had caught her in a lie.
- Usually, particulars. [plural] specific points, details, or circumstances:the particulars of a case.
Idioms
- Idioms in particular, particularly;
especially:Are you doing anything in particular at the moment?
See -par-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026par•tic•u•lar
(pər tik′yə lər, pə tik′-),USA pronunciation adj.
- of or pertaining 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.
- immediately present or under consideration;
in this specific instance or place:Look at this particular clause in the contract.
- distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary;
noteworthy;
marked;
unusual:She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert.
- exceptional or especial:Take particular pains with this job.
- being such in an exceptional degree:a particular friend of mine.
- dealing with or giving details, as an account or description, of a person;
detailed;
minute.
- exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting;
fastidious;
fussy:to be particular about one's food.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- Philosophynot general;
referring to an indefinite part of a whole class.
- Philosophy(of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers.
- Philosophypartaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class.
- 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.
n.
- an individual or distinct part, as an item of a list or enumeration.
- Usually, particulars. specific points, details, or circumstances:to give an investigator the particulars of a case.
- Philosophy[Logic.]an individual or a specific group within a general class.
- Idioms in particular, particularly;
specifically;
especially:There is one book in particular that may help you.
- Late Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Late Latin particulāris, equivalent. to Latin particul(a) particle + -āris -ar1; replacing Middle English particuler
- 1350–1400
1. See special. 1. 2. specific. 2. distinct; discrete. 3. notable. 6. scrupulous, careful, exact, precise. 7. discriminating; finical, finicky. Particular, dainty, fastidious imply great care, discrimination, and taste in choices, in details about one's person, etc. Particular implies esp. care and attention to details:particular about one's clothes.Dainty implies delicate taste and exquisite cleanliness:a dainty dress.Fastidious implies being difficult to please and critical of small or minor points:a fastidious taste in styles. 10. feature, particularity.
3. ordinary. 6. inexact. 7. undiscriminating.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
particular /pəˈtɪkjʊlə/ adj - (prenominal) of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special: the particular demands of the job, no particular reason
- (prenominal) exceptional or marked: a matter of particular importance
- (prenominal) relating to or providing specific details or circumstances: a particular account
- exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy
- (of the solution of a differential equation) obtained by giving specific values to the arbitrary constants in a general equation
- (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 - denoting an estate that precedes the passing of the property into ultimate ownership
See also remainder, reversion
n - a separate distinct item that helps to form a generalization: opposed to general
- (often plural) an item of information; detail: complete in every particular, he refused to go into particulars, the police officer took down her particulars
- an individual object, as contrasted with a universal
See universal - in particular ⇒ especially, particularly, or exactly
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin particulāris concerning a part, from Latin particula particle
'particular' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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