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How to pronounce particular
Say it like this: /pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does particular mean?
adjPertaining only to a part of something; partial.
Specific; discrete; concrete.
“I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.”
Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
“I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.”
nounA small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
“I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.”
A person's own individual case.
“Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it.”
A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
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