A separate case or an individual thing or instance, especially one that can be distinguished from a larger category or class. Often used in the plural: "What particulars were ambushed behind these generalizations?” ( Aldous Huxley).
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An individual item, fact, or detail: correct in every particular. See Synonyms at item.
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An item or detail of information or news. Often used in the plural: The police refused to divulge the particulars of the case.
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Logic A particular proposition.
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A separate part of a whole.
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adjective
Attentive to or concerned with details or niceties, often excessively so; meticulous or fussy.
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Logic Encompassing some but not all of the members of a class or group. Used of a proposition.
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Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal: has a particular preference for Chinese art.
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Of, relating to, or providing details: gave a particular description of the room.
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Separate and distinct from others of the same group, category, or nature: made an exception in this particular case.
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idiom
In particular Particularly; especially.
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