Definition of "particular" in Anglais

adjective

1. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

2. Specific; discrete; concrete.

   • I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
   • We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.

3. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

   • I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.

4. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

5. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

   • My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
   • I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
   • He brought no particular news.
   • She was the particular belle of the party.

6. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.

   • He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
   • These women are more particular about their appearance.

7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

   • a full and particular account of an accident

8. (law) Containing a part only; limited.

   • a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder

9. (law) Holding a particular estate.

10. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

    • a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".

noun

1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

2. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.

3. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)