word-vault/dist/data/cards/pa/particular.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "particular",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you are referring to one individual person, thing or type of thing and not others",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is one particular patient I'd like you to see."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there a particular type of book he enjoys?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each village has its **own particular** charm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**In this particular case**, the owners were not local but Indian."
                },
                {
                    "text": "specialized advice tailored to your particular circumstances"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't appreciate his particular brand of humour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The motives influencing a particular individual may change from time to time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The policy seems to discriminate against particular groups of people."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "specific"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "greater than usual; special",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We must pay **particular attention** to this point."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These documents are of **particular interest**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I went into town for **no particular reason**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The high inflation rates were of particular concern."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He examined the corpse, paying particular attention to the hands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chemicals pose a particular threat to water quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were two developments of particular importance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here, in no particular order, is a selection of readers' comments."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very definite about what you like and careful about what you choose",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's very particular about her clothes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "especially or particularly",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He loves science fiction in particular."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "special or specific",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Peter was lying on the sofa doing **nothing in particular**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there **anything in particular** you'd like for dinner?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She directed the question at **no one in particular**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "belonging to one individual person, place or thing and not others",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cheeses that are particular to this area *(= that are made there and nowhere else)*"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈtɪkjələ(r)/",
                "audio": "pa/particular/particular__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈtɪkjələr/",
                "audio": "pa/particular/particular__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’."
}