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In that particular thread, I was accused of being a shill and an astroturfer by 3 members.

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Quick take

a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of particular gathered in one view.

noun

a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

noun

a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"

noun

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for particular.

noun

a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

noun

a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"

noun

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

adjective

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"

adjective

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"

adjective

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?"

adjective

first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"

adjective

exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"

See also: finical, finicky, fussy, picky

adjective

providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room"

Example sentences

In that particular thread, I was accused of being a shill and an astroturfer by 3 members.

One head in particular treated the thing as a near-existential threat.

It preserves books, in particular out-of-print and old books that have been forgotten in the bowels of libraries, and it gives them new life.

Clojure supports 'declare' so you are not forced to define your functions in any particular order.#2 is the devil in the details.

Yes, it's greedy, but it's a particular mentality that comes out of being part of this massive rat race with millions.. billions.. of competitors.

In particular, I'm thinking about the details of NSA efforts to infiltrate and corrupt the standards setting groups that produce commercial crypto schemes.

Our patron made the requisite politely interested noises and, at one point, suggested that a particular implementation detail might be improved upon.

With all due respect, one thing that gets really tiresome on this board is the "OMG, this person is soo stupid because they don't know nearly as much as I do about this one particular topic" tone in this comment.

Ask them about their experiences, their frustrations, their decisions behind purchasing specific equipment and downloading particular apps.

Scientists can do models and experiments and tell you that the statistically a given type of pollution will cause certain kinds of harm in a population, but they can't tell you whether any particular injured person was injured from a particular type of pollution.

Yet, while doing just that and limiting his ruling to the particular facts before him, Judge Alsup has provided a definitive and logically compelling approach to how such issues are to be decided where they concern APIs and copyright and such reasoning is, in my view, destined to be widely applied throughout the court system going forward.