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Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.
Alain Badiou

Meaning of "particular" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARTICULAR

From Old French particuler, from Late Latin particulāris concerning a part, from Latin particulaparticle v.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARTICULAR

particular  [pəˈtɪkjʊlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARTICULAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Particular can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARTICULAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Particular

In philosophy, particulars are concrete entities existing in space and time as opposed to abstractions. There are, however, theories of abstract particulars or tropes. For example, Socrates is a particular. Redness, by contrast, is not a particular, because it is abstract and multiply instantiated. Sybil Wolfram writes Particulars include only individuals of a certain kind: as a first approximation individuals with a definite place in space and time, such as persons and material objects or events, or which must be identified through such individuals, like smiles or thoughts. Some terms are used by philosophers with a rough-and-ready idea of their meaning. This can occur if there is lack of agreement about the best definition of the term. In formulating a solution to the problem of universals, the term 'particular' can be used to describe the particular instance of redness of a certain apple as opposed to the 'universal' 'redness'. See also type-token distinction The term particular is also used as a modern equivalent of the Aristotelian notion of individual substance.

Definition of particular in the English dictionary

The first definition of particular in the dictionary is of or belonging to a single or specific person, thing, category, etc; specific; special. Other definition of particular is exceptional or marked. Particular is also relating to or providing specific details or circumstances.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARTICULAR


articular
ɑːˈtɪkjʊlə
auricular
ɔːˈrɪkjʊlə
coticular
kəʊˈtɪkjʊlə
curricular
kəˈrɪkjʊlə
cuticula
kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə
cuticular
kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə
diverticula
ˌdaɪvəˈtɪkjʊlə
diverticular
ˌdaɪvəˈtɪkjʊlə
epicuticular
ˌɛpɪkjuːˈtɪkjʊlə
extracurricular
ˌɛkstrəkəˈrɪkjʊlə
lenticular
lɛnˈtɪkjʊlə
matricula
məˈtrɪkjʊlə
overparticular
ˌəʊvəpəˈtɪkjʊlə
perpendicular
ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjʊlə
reticula
rɪˈtɪkjʊlə
reticular
rɪˈtɪkjʊlə
testicular
tɛsˈtɪkjʊlə
vehicular
vɪˈhɪkjʊlə
ventricular
vɛnˈtrɪkjʊlə
vorticular
vɔːˈtɪkjʊlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARTICULAR

particle physics
particle separation
particular average
Particular Judgement
Particular Judgment
particularisation
particularise
particulariser
particularism
particularist
particularistic
particularities
particularity
particularization
particularize
particularized
particularizer
particularly
particularness
particulars

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARTICULAR

avascular
binocular
calcular
cardiovascular
cerebrovascular
circular
corpuscular
in particular
intermolecular
intramuscular
macromolecular
macular
molecular
muscular
neuromuscular
ocular
popular
secular
spectacular
vascular
vernacular

Synonyms and antonyms of particular in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PARTICULAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «particular» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of particular

Translation of «particular» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARTICULAR

Find out the translation of particular to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of particular from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «particular» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

特别的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

particular
570 millions of speakers

English

particular
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विशेष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خاصٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

специфический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

especial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

particulier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tertentu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

speziell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

特別の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

특유의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tartamtu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

riêng biệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறிப்பிட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विशेष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

particolare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczególny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

певний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anumit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκεκριμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spesifieke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

särskild
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bestemt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of particular

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARTICULAR»

The term «particular» is very widely used and occupies the 2.203 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARTICULAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «particular» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «particular» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about particular

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10 QUOTES WITH «PARTICULAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word particular.
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Alain Badiou
Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.
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Kate Beckinsale
I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my friends going, 'What's the matter with you?' But I haven't ever made a big attempt to have any particular image. And I don't really worry about it. If it's funny, I don't care.
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Brian Behlendorf
I'm not of the opinion that all software will be open source software. There is certain software that fits a niche that is only useful to a particular company or person: for example, the software immediately behind a web site's user interface. But the vast majority of software is actually pretty generic.
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William Henry Bragg
The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and gives them no particular forms in his diagrams. That does not mean that the shapes are unimportant, but rather that the older methods could not define them.
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Peter Brimelow
There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle.
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Ken Buck
The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.
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Jan Chipchase
China in particular is an absolutely fascinating place to be. Culturally and politically and economically it's becoming more and more relevant. If you look at how China is perceived in different parts of the world, you can recognize it's very dynamic. It's also challenging what it thinks of itself.
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Steven Chu
Occasionally, I would focus on a particular school project and become obsessed with, what seemed to my mother, to be trivial details instead of apportioning the time I spent on school work in a more efficient way.
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Thomas Clarkson
Mankind have their local attachments. They have a particular regard for the spot, in which they were born and nurtured.
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Adam Clayton
There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARTICULAR»

Discover the use of particular in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to particular and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Particular Family
While in this book "A Particular Family" you will see how families and even communities work together to accomplish their goals. In this book, the reader will learn that all things are possible if you just believe and work together.
Douglas Hollaway, 2010
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Natural History General and Particular, 6
'THE Greeks, it is probable, were acquainted with the wild and chamois goats. But they have neither pointed out these animals by particular denominations, nor by characters so precise, precise, as to enable us to distinguish them. They have.
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1791
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Particular
The home of the "Mother of Parliaments" and the wider world. This book is dedicated to "Bubbles"-Dad. About the AuthorI am Peter Vealey, Fifty Eight years in the making. This is my second collection of poems called "Particular.
Peter Vealey, 2011
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Particular Saints: Shakespeare's Four Antonios, Their ...
Particular Saints draws on church history, art history, and theater history to address these questions by illustrating that Renaissance stage Antonios are a type, representing a tradition familiar to early modern audiences and exploited by ...
Cynthia Lewis, 1997
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A Particular Friendship
Selected from Dirk Bogarde's letters, A Particular Friendship, first published in 1989, reveals the unexpected side of a great actor and film star: a man deeply committed to his home, witty, stringent, observant, sometimes depressed by the ...
Dirk Bogarde, 2012
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Distrust That Particular Flavor
Originally printed in publications as varied as Wired, the New York Times, and the Observer, these articles and essays cover thirty years of thoughtful, observant life, and are reported in the wry, humane voice that lovers of Gibson have ...
William Gibson, 2012
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Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses
In Mimesis and Alterity Taussig undertakes and eccentric history of the mimetic faculty.
Michael T. Taussig, 1993
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Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
Here is a practical guide to writing short stories that explains all the essential techniques of fiction - from character and plot to flashback and foreshadowing - in a way that is both understandable and useful to the beginning writer.
L. Rust Hills, 2000
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Particular Friendships: A Convent Memoir
Particular Friendships: A Convent Memoir offers a rare glimpse inside the walls of a Roman Catholic convent in the late 1960s.
Kathleen J. Waites, 2006
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Readings of the Particular: The Postcolonial in the Postnational
The present collection aims at throwing light on transculturality and the identities and masks that people put on, in writing as much as in life, in an age of global levelling and the struggle for a particular place in a postcolonial world.
Anne Holden Rønning, Lene Johannessen, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARTICULAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term particular is used in the context of the following news items.
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Founder of Gawker Media Nick Denton: "...in this particular instance …
They resigned over this particular issue. I don't think it was really a story worth resigning over. I don't think this was the particular hill to die on. «CNN, Jul 15»
2
Are You Loyal To A Particular Auto Parts Store?
After we showed you how to waste an afternoon screwing around with a project car, more than a couple commenters asked “why I use Auto ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
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Dodgers would be very particular about return value in trading Puig
I heard a trade rumor this week, heard it more than once. The concept sounded plausible enough to check, so I did. As it turned out, the move ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
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Music to a particular pair of ears
Their product is precisely adapted to the particular interior and to the wishes of every single customer. They are working not only for private ... «Budapest Times, Jul 15»
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Yakub Memon being hanged because he belongs to a 'particular
"The killers of Rajiv Gandhi and Beant Singh have the backing of political parties in Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Which political party is backing ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Jack Rogers's Sample Sale Is a Must for One Particular Shoe Size
Hamptons summer staple and preppy favorite Jack Rogers is on Day Three of its sample sale, so we stopped by this morning to check out ... «Racked NY, Jul 15»
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UP Governor to seek info about recruitment of youths from a …
"I will seek information from the government over alleged reports of largescale recruitment of youths of a particular caste in different government ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
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Researchers say that the use of one particular Diabetes drug may …
A new study has said that the risk of developing Parkinson's disease could be reduced by using a particular type of drug to treat diabetes. «Dispatch Times, Jul 15»
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Poland takes particular interest in reopening of Cuba embassy in …
A Polish journalist said his country is particularly fascinated by the opening of a Cuba embassy in Washington, D.C. since Poland used to be a ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
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56 out of 86 SDM seats went to a particular caste in UP, claims PIL
Lucknow: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), filed in the Allahabad High Court, A group of unsuccessful aspirants for the Uttar Pradesh ... «The Sen Times Online Newspaper, Jul 15»

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