| ADJECTIVE | all | particular, peculiar, special | unique or specific to a person or thing or category / category |
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| all | particular | separate and distinct / distinct from others of the same group or category / category | |
| all | particular, especial, exceptional, special | surpassing what is common or usual or expected | |
| all | particular, special | first and most important | |
| all | particular, finical, finicky, fussy, picky | exacting especially about details | |
| all | particular | providing specific details or circumstances | |
| NOUN | cognition | particular, specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general) |
| relation | particular, detail, item | a small part that can be considered separately from the whole / whole | |
| communication | particular, particular proposition | (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class |
| Sounds | paa.tih'kyahler; pertih'kyahler | |
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| Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... | |
| Meaning | Unique or specific to a person or thing or category / category. | |
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| Synonyms | peculiar, special | |
| Broader | specific | (sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique |
| Spanish | especial, particular, peculiar, propio | |
| Catalan | especial, particular, peculiar, propi | |
| Nouns | particularity | the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance |
| Adverbs | particularly | uniquely or characteristically |
| particularly | specifically or especially distinguished from others | |
| Meaning | separate and distinct / distinct from others of the same group or category / category. | |
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| Broader | specific | (sometimes followed by 'to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique |
| Spanish | particular | |
| Nouns | particularity | the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance |
| Meaning | Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. | |
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| Example | "a matter of particular and unusual importance" | |
| Synonyms | especial, exceptional, special | |
| Broader | uncommon | not common or ordinarily encountered |
| Spanish | especial, excepcional, particular | |
| Catalan | especial, excepcional, particular | |
| Adverbs | particularly | to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common |
| Meaning | First and most important. | |
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| Example | "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work" | |
| Synonym | special | |
| Broader | primary | Of first rank or importance or value |
| Spanish | especial, particular | |
| Catalan | especial, particular | |
| Meaning | exacting especially about details. | |
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| Example | "very particular about how her food was prepared" | |
| Synonyms | finical, finicky, fussy, picky | |
| Broader | fastidious | Giving careful attention to detail |
| Spanish | cominero, meticuloso, pejiguero, puñetero, puntilloso, quisquilloso | |
| Catalan | exigent, meticulós, minuciós, primmirat, puntimirat, punyeter | |
| Meaning | Providing specific details or circumstances. | |
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| Example | "a particular description of the room" | |
| Broader | careful | Exercising caution or showing care or attention |
| Meaning | A fact about some part (as opposed to general). | |
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| Example | "he always reasons from the particular to the general" | |
| Synonym | specific | |
| Broader | fact | A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred |
| Opposite | general | A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) |
| Spanish | particular | |
| Catalan | particular | |
| Meaning | A small part that can be considered separately from the whole / whole. | |
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| Synonyms | detail, item | |
| Narrower | highlight, high spot | The most interesting or memorable part |
| Broader | part, portion, component part, component, constituent | Something determined in relation to something that includes it |
| Spanish | detalle, elemento | |
| Catalan | element | |
| Meaning | (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class. | |
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| Synonym | particular proposition | |
| Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
| Broader | proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
| Opposite | universal, universal proposition | (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class |
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