I. par ‧ tic ‧ u ‧ lar 1 S1 W1 /pəˈtɪkjələ, pəˈtɪkjʊlə $ pərˈtɪkjələr/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Late Latin particularis , from Latin particula ; ⇨ ↑ particle ]
1 . [only before noun] a particular thing or person is the one that you are talking about, and not any other ⇨ certain , specific :
In this particular case, no one else was involved.
Most students choose one particular area for research.
a particular type of food
2 . special or great:
You should pay particular attention to spelling.
For no particular reason, he quit the job.
of particular interest/concern/importance etc
Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation.
anything/nothing/something particular
I had nothing particular planned.
3 . very careful about choosing exactly what you like and not easily satisfied SYN fussy
particular about
Marty’s very particular about his food.
II. particular 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . in particular especially:
It was a good concert – I enjoyed the last song in particular.
anything/anyone/anywhere in particular
Was there anything in particular that you wanted to talk about?
nothing/no one/nowhere in particular
‘What did you want?’ ‘Oh, nothing in particular.’
2 . particulars [plural] the facts and details about a job, property, legal case etc
particulars of
You may be required to give particulars of the change in your financial position.
For further particulars, contact the College secretary.
Send your particulars (=details such as your name, address, profession etc) to the address above.
3 . in every particular/in all particulars formal in every detail:
The documents were identical in almost every particular.