Thesaurus: particular

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1. a. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/relating">Relating to a part or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/portion">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.
2. a. Of or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/pertaining">pertaining to a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/single">single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
3. a. 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.
4. a. 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.
5. a. Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
6. a. Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
7. a. 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.
8. n. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/separate">separate or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/distinct">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.
9. n. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
10. n. 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.
11. adj. unique or specific to a person or thing or category
12. adj. separate and distinct from others of the same group or category