Of or concerning a part; pertaining to some and not to all; special; not general.Individual; single; special; apart from others; considered separately.Properly belonging to a single person, place, or thing; peculiar; specially characteristic: as, the particular properties of a plant.Hence Personal; private; individual.Having something that eminently distinguishes; worthy of attention and regard; specially noteworthy; not ordinary; unusual;notable; striking.Attentive to or noting details; minute in examination; careful.Containing or emphasizing details; minute;circumstantial; detailed: as, a full and particular account of an accident.Peculiar; singular; standing out from what is general or ordinary, especially in the way of showing pointed personal attention.Nice in taste; precise; fastidious: as, a man very particular in his diet or dress.In logic, not general; not referring to the whole extent of a class, but only to some individual or individuals in it.=Syn. 1–3. Separate, distinctive.3 and Peculiar, etc. see special.Circumstantial, etc. See minute.9, Exact, scrupulous.n. A single instance or matter; a single point or circumstance; a distinct, separate, or minute part or detail.n. A specialist; one who devotes himself to doing things on his own account and not in partnership.n. Private account or interest; personal interest or concern; part; portion; account.n. Individual state or character; special peculiarity.n. A minute and detailed account; a minute: as, a particular of premises; a particular of a plaintiff's demand, etc.n. Something specially made for, belonging to, or the choice of a person: as, he drank a glass of his own particular.To particularize.n. A humorous name for a London fog.