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# particular

«particular» in Mova's school dictionary: **one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (particular); noun (particulars — formal, details)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Particular means one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#m1)

2) Particular means special or more than usual: of particular importance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#m2)

3) A particular person is fussy and cares a lot about details: He's very particular about his food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#m3)

4) (noun, formal) Particulars are the details or facts about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#m4)

5) "In particular" can mean especially, picking out one thing from others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science «a particular case» means one example, not all cases. In everyday life «in particular» means especially. «Particular» about something means fussy. Phrases: in particular, nothing in particular, particular about.

### examples

- Is there a particular book you want? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x1)
- I like all fruit, but bananas in particular. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x2)
- She is very particular about how her desk looks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x3)
- On that particular day it snowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x4)
- «What are you doing?» «Nothing in particular.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x5)
- Pay particular attention to the last question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x6)
- (formal) Please give your particulars at the desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x7)
- The punctuation of the book, in particular, is very eccentric.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/#x8)

### note

No -er/-est. Adverb: particularly. Spelling: partICULar. «In particular» = especially.

### In the corpora

- [Whether you get away, or whether you don't ... you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/28/)
- [Our noses sense particular molecules; natural gas has no smell, so companies add a smelly chemical to make leaks noticeable.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/13/)
- [A proper noun names one particular person, place or thing and starts with a capital letter: Ellie, London, Tuesday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/20/)
- [Gen Alpha children shout "skibidi" as a funny word that means nothing in particular.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/18/)
- [Ruby kept seeing one particular scene every time she switched off her lamp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «particular» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.