"particular" meaning in All languages combined

See particular on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/ Audio: en-us-particular.ogg [US] Forms: particular [positive], more particular [comparative], most particular [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A particular thing is the one that you mean and not any other.
    Sense id: simple-particular-en-adj-om~TG4u0
  2. A particular thing is a special or great one.
    Sense id: simple-particular-en-adj-PDeNdtFo
  3. If somebody is particular, they will accept only the best or only things that they like.
    Sense id: simple-particular-en-adj-dn8qMeYo

Noun [English]

IPA: /pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/ Audio: en-us-particular.ogg [US] Forms: particular [singular], particulars [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you talk about something in particular, you mean that more than other; especially.
    Sense id: simple-particular-en-noun-uUrroQCk
  2. The particulars are the detailed information.
    Sense id: simple-particular-en-noun-HHeMoJXN
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "particular",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more particular",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most particular",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "more": "true"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "par‧tic‧u‧lar",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Usually it is not allowed, but in this particular case, it's OK."
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't see any way to solve this particular problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular thing is the one that you mean and not any other."
      ],
      "id": "simple-particular-en-adj-om~TG4u0"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She took no particular interest in what they were saying."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular thing is a special or great one."
      ],
      "id": "simple-particular-en-adj-PDeNdtFo"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If somebody is particular, they will accept only the best or only things that they like."
      ],
      "id": "simple-particular-en-adj-dn8qMeYo"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/p3r\"tIkj@l3r/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-particular.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "particular"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "particular",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "particulars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "par‧tic‧u‧lar",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's true of many small cars, but the Honda in particular."
        },
        {
          "text": "In particular, I'd like you to think about the first problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you talk about something in particular, you mean that more than other; especially."
      ],
      "id": "simple-particular-en-noun-uUrroQCk"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The two stories are quite similar, though they differ in some particulars."
        },
        {
          "text": "We've spent a good deal of time considering the particulars of the situation."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The particulars are the detailed information."
      ],
      "id": "simple-particular-en-noun-HHeMoJXN",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "usually plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/p3r\"tIkj@l3r/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-particular.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "particular"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "particular",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more particular",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most particular",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "more": "true"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "par‧tic‧u‧lar",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Usually it is not allowed, but in this particular case, it's OK."
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't see any way to solve this particular problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular thing is the one that you mean and not any other."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She took no particular interest in what they were saying."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular thing is a special or great one."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If somebody is particular, they will accept only the best or only things that they like."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/p3r\"tIkj@l3r/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-particular.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "particular"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "particular",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "particulars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "par‧tic‧u‧lar",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's true of many small cars, but the Honda in particular."
        },
        {
          "text": "In particular, I'd like you to think about the first problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you talk about something in particular, you mean that more than other; especially."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The two stories are quite similar, though they differ in some particulars."
        },
        {
          "text": "We've spent a good deal of time considering the particulars of the situation."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The particulars are the detailed information."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "usually plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɜrˈtɪkjəlɜr/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/p3r\"tIkj@l3r/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-particular.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "particular"
}

Download raw JSONL data for particular meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2024-12-20 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.