Collins English-English Dictionary

particular [pə'tɪkjυlə]

1. 1. adj [prenominal] of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special

   the particular demands of the job

   no particular reason

2. 2. adj [prenominal] exceptional or marked

   a matter of particular importance

3. 3. adj [prenominal] relating to or providing specific details or circumstances

   a particular account

4. 4. adj exacting or difficult to please, esp in details; fussy

5. 5. adj (of the solution of a differential equation) obtained by giving specific values to the arbitrary constants in a general equation

6. 6. adj [logic] (of a proposition) affirming or denying something about only some members of a class of objects, as in some men are not wicked - Compare universal

7. 7. adj [property law] denoting an estate that precedes the passing of the property into ultimate ownership - See also remainder reversion

8. 8. n a separate distinct item that helps to form a generalization: opposed to general

9. 9. n [often plural] an item of information; detail

   complete in every particular

10. 10. n another name for individual

11. 11. n [logic] [Philosophy] an individual object, as contrasted with a universal - See universal

12. 12. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French particuler, from Late Latin particularis concerning a part, from Latin particula particle v