(a.) Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
(a.) Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.
(a.) Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress.
(a.) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
(a.) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
(a.) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise.
(n.) A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.
(n.) Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
(n.) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.
Example Sentences:
(1) This particular variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules, scanty or absent systemic manifestations and a clinically benign course.
(2) Serum levels of both dihydralazine and metabolites were very low and particularly below the detection limit.
(3) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
(4) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
(5) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
(6) Their particular electrophoretic mobility was retained.
(7) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
(8) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
(9) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
(10) Linear and annular gap junctions between neighbouring cells were present, particularly in Group 1.
(11) Topical and systemic antibiotic therapy is common in dermatology, yet it is hard to find a rationale for a particular route in some diseases.
(12) While stereology is the principal technique, particularly in its application to the parenchyma, other compartments such as the airways and vasculature demand modifications or different methods altogether.
(13) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(14) Total cholesterol levels are elevated, particularly in hypopituitary women.
(15) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
(16) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
(17) In particular, inflammatory reaction was significantly more frequent and severe in ischemic groups than in controls, independent of the degree of coronary stenosis.
(18) Symptoms, particularly colicky abdominal pain, improved during the period of chelation therapy.
(19) In addition to the phase diagrams reported here for these two binary mixtures, a brief theoretical discussion is given of other possible phase diagrams that may be appropriate to other lipid mixtures with particular consideration given to the problem of crystalline phases of different structures and the possible occurrence of second-order phase transitions in these mixtures.
(20) These are particularly common in the field of sport.
Picky
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Pickiness and concern with weight were more common in girls than in boys, and the prevalence of pickiness declined with age.
(2) Writing in the Daily Telegraph in December, Johnson, then mayor of London, said the west could not afford to be picky in its choice of allies since Isis in Syria could not be defeated without terrestrial forces.
(3) When searching for gay parenting in kids' movies, I found the short film Family Restaurant , about a picky toothpick dispenser who thinks ketchup bottles shouldn't be allowed to date; he changes his tune after learning a valuable lesson from a little boy with two dads.
(4) And being ultra picky, the nicely charred, coarsely ground patty (of prime Northern Irish beef) could do with a shade more seasoning, too.
(5) Unsurprisingly, the uproar forced the company to backtrack within 48 hours and promise even newer firmware that wouldn’t be so picky.
(6) While it seems we have a natural inclination to love ice cream, most of us are not too picky about how we take our fix.
(7) With all this going on, never mind global warming, we appear to be entering an era of hyper-picky sexual freeze.
(8) There, at a remove, he’s picky about the stuff he’s offered.
(9) If we are going to be picky and try to find one lingering complaint about the way Arsenal handed Manchester United this sobering reality check, it can be only that Arsène Wenger’s team should remind us of their brilliance more often.
(10) Miura concedes that she and her boyfriend are "picky" about food.
(11) Some people are very particular about the characteristics they want their child to have, "but normally by the time people have made that big emotional jump, they're not going to be picky about hair colour.
(12) It would, in any case, suit Boris (whose second mayoral term runs until May, 2016) if the contest to succeed Cameron were held later; and (to be really picky) with the Tories still in power.
(13) When I meet Gensler and Venus, they assure me that discussions are going well with the Port of London Authority , which manages the river and is notoriously picky about intrusions on it.
(14) Even after that terrible date, my friends and family told me I was being too picky, and that unless I relaxed my standards, I'd never get married.
(15) Show me someone who likes their meat overcooked and I will show you a picky eater, someone who regards meal times as a set of challenges and insults to be negotiated, like oil-slicked chicanes on a race track.
(16) Call me picky, but a close-up of something slicing fat like a Sunday roast is quite off-putting.
(17) All in all we can’t be too picky – it was a good all-round performance.
(18) "I have to take any job I can get, because [while] they serve meals here, he is picky about what he eats.
(19) Pedro Martinez is on the TBS pregame show here in the US and says the Cardinals have to be careful, because the Dodgers are going to be "very picky" if they hit him or come close to hitting the shortstop.
(20) As qualifying group winners, Northern Ireland have earned the right to be picky.