particular

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
  2. noun a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
  3. noun (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

Etymology

From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle.

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Synonyms

specific

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