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Meaning of particular

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  particular
      adj 1: unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the
             particular demands of the job"; "has a particular
             preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy
             between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians";
             "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a
             computer"; "my own special chair" [syn: {particular(a)},
             {peculiar(a)}, {special(a)}]
      2: separate and distinct from others of the same group or
         category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who
         wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
      3: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid
         especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter
         of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion";
         "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special
         about the year 2000?" [syn: {especial(a)}, {exceptional},
         {particular(a)}, {special}]
      4: first and most important; "his special interest is music";
         "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her
         volunteer work" [syn: {particular}, {special}]
      5: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy
         about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was
         prepared" [syn: {finical}, {finicky}, {fussy}, {particular},
         {picky}]
      6: providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular
         description of the room"
      n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
           reasons from the particular to the general" [syn:
           {particular}, {specific}] [ant: {general}]
      2: a small part that can be considered separately from the
         whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: {detail},
         {particular}, {item}]
      3: (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but
         not all) members of a class [syn: {particular}, {particular
         proposition}] [ant: {universal}, {universal proposition}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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