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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
particular/pəˈtɪkjələ(r)/
▶adjective
- 1 denoting an individual member of a specified group or class.
- 2 especially great or intense: exercise particular care when checking cash.
- 3 fastidious about something.
- 4 Logic denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class. Contrasted with universal.
- 1 a detail.
- 2 Philosophy an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality.
– phrases
in particular used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other.
in particular used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other.
– origin ME: from OFr. particuler, from L. particularis, from particula ‘small part’.
'particular' also found in these Oxford entries:
abaxial
- abet
- about
- above
- abstract expressionism
- abundance
- accent
- accoutrement
- ace
- acid
- act
- active
- actuate
- adaptationism
- adaxial
- addicted
- addressable
- adherent
- ad hoc
- ad hominem
- adjoint
- adjourn
- advocate
- aesthetic
- affair
- aficionado
- age
- agency
- agenda
- agent
- aggregate
- airfare
- airplay
- air quality
- airspace
- air traffic control
- -alia
- alkali
- alumnus
- amanuensis
- amateur
- ambassador-at-large
- amenable
- amicus
- anamorphosis
- anergy
- angle
- Anglo-Saxon
- anhydride
- animal
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"former and latter" in this particular case?
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...some <things-to-pay-attention-to> particular to C#
"former and latter" in this particular case?
76.. any particular meaning
A book targeted at women or a particular age group
asking for a period of time based on a particular timeunit
be of particular concern to meeting participants
because motorists come to recognise that garages selling a particular brand
bring notables to a particular place
Certain / Particular
Concrete/specific/particular
correct position of "often" in particular sentence structure
Deal with a person in a particular way
exercises a particular spell.
experiences with particular essays
get particular?
How would you ask for a particular haircut style (model)?
I cooked for my faltmates and I asked If there was anything particular that they
ideas or words that particular persons always say
in particular
in particular
In particular
in particular / particularly
In particular at the beginning of a sentence?
in particular the slave trade
in particular vs. particularly
including, but not limited to -vs- in particular, but not limited to
Is there a particular word for the act of hawkers' calling out?
It was/it with particular interest that I read your
Looking for a particular word
more...
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