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1. Unique or specific to a person or thing or category
   "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art";
   - peculiar, special
    
2. Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
   "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
    
3. Surpassing what is common, usual or expected
   "a matter of particular and unusual importance";
   - especial, exceptional, special
    
4. First and most important
   "she gets particular satisfaction from her volunteer work";
   - special
    
5. Exacting especially about details
   "very particular about how her food was prepared";
   - finical, finicky, fussy, picky, finicking
    
6. Providing specific details or circumstances
   "a particular description of the room"

1. A fact about some part (as opposed to general)
   "he always reasons from the particular to the general";
   - specific
    
2. A small part that can be considered separately from the whole
   "it was perfect in all particulars";
   - detail, item
    
3. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
   - particular proposition

Derived forms: particulars

See also: careful, fastidious, primary, specific, uncommon

Type of: component, component part, constituent, fact, part, portion, proposition

Antonym: general, universal proposition

Encyclopedia: Particular