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Definition of Particular

Particular Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc. One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises. Related Definitions: Accident, Account, Affirmative, Affirmed, Also, An, And, Anything, Are, As, Attentive, Be, Belle, Belonging, Brought, By, Bill, Character, Circumstance, Circumstantial, Claim, Class, Common, Concerned, Concerning, Considered, Constellation, Containing, Denied, Detail, Distinct, Distinguished, Dress, Estate, Extension, Fact, Fastidious, Forming, From, Full, General, Genus, He, Hence, His, Holding, Important, In, Individual, Individuality, Interest, Item, Limited, Man, May, Member, Men, Minute, Negative, News, Nice, No, Not, Noteworthy, Of, One, Only, Opposed, Or, Part, Particular, Party, Peculiar, Peculiarity, Person, Personal, Pertaining, Point, Portion, Precedent, Precise, Premises, Proposition, Reason, Relating, Relatively, Remainder, Separate, Separated, She, Single, Singular, Sole, Some, Special, Specific, Story, Subject, Superiority, Tenant, The, Thing, To, Trait, Universal, Unusual, Was, Which, Whole, Wise, With

Particular Quotations I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story. Frank Darabont But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. Michael T. Thomas I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience. Michael T. Thomas The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all. George Bernard Shaw

Particular Translations particular in Afrikaans is spesiaal, afsonderlik particular in Dutch is afzonderlijk, afgezonderd particular in Finnish is eri particular in German is Einzelheit, einzelne, besonders particular in Italian is extra, vale a dire particular in Latin is proprius particular in Norwegian is spesiell particular in Spanish is peculiar, especial, se alado, es que particular in Swedish is speciell, detalj

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