Meaning

• A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

• A person's own individual case.

• (chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

Meaning

• Pertaining 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."

• Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

• Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

  "He brought no particular news."

• Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.

  "He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back."

• Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

  "a full and particular account of an accident"

• Containing a part only; limited.

  "a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder"

• Holding a particular estate.

  "a particular tenant"

• Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

  "a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise"."