particular
part of speech
adjective (particular); noun (particulars — formal, details)
meaning for a pupil
1) Particular means one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day. tree →
2) Particular means special or more than usual: of particular importance. tree →
3) A particular person is fussy and cares a lot about details: He's very particular about his food. tree →
4) (noun, formal) Particulars are the details or facts about something. tree →
5) "In particular" can mean especially, picking out one thing from others. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and science «a particular case» means one example, not all cases. In everyday life «in particular» means especially. «Particular» about something means fussy. Phrases: in particular, nothing in particular, particular about.
examples
- Is there a particular book you want? tree →
- I like all fruit, but bananas in particular. tree →
- She is very particular about how her desk looks. tree →
- On that particular day it snowed. tree →
- «What are you doing?» «Nothing in particular.» tree →
- Pay particular attention to the last question. tree →
- (formal) Please give your particulars at the desk. tree →
- The punctuation of the book, in particular, is very eccentric.' tree →
note
No -er/-est. Adverb: particularly. Spelling: partICULar. «In particular» = especially.
In the corpora
- Whether you get away, or whether you don't ... you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular.»
- Our noses sense particular molecules; natural gas has no smell, so companies add a smelly chemical to make leaks noticeable.
- A proper noun names one particular person, place or thing and starts with a capital letter: Ellie, London, Tuesday.
- Gen Alpha children shout "skibidi" as a funny word that means nothing in particular.
- Ruby kept seeing one particular scene every time she switched off her lamp.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «particular» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.