1.1particularsDetailed information about someone or something.
‘a clerk took the woman's particulars’
‘If the relevant interest is defined, as I at the moment think it should be, in terms of receiving information about the particulars of the court case, then the issue of relevance is irrelevant.’
‘Don't worry about it, Matty'll inform you on the particulars of your assignment tomorrow night.’
‘The particulars and information so furnished shall, if the entry of the relevant ship be accepted, be deemed to form the basis of the contract of insurance between the Member or applicant and the Club.’
‘The defendants seek further information including particulars as to whom the monies were paid, if they were transferred to another entity and other information.’
‘Zimbabwe also requested Zambia to provide it with information on particulars of the exporters so that control measures could be put in place.’
‘I conducted a voir dire at the request of the accused to determine the origin of this information and further particulars.’
‘To that end, the USDA typically keeps the information about the particulars of recalls as confidential.’
‘His lawyers had earlier asked for a one-week postponement of the arraignment because they have not yet received the bill of particulars or list of detailed evidence on the case but the court rejected their plea.’
‘Irene is the person to contact for show schedules and more detailed particulars.’
‘If you would like to appear in the Pride London 2005 adverts, you can find all the details of where to send your particulars (name, address, photograph etc) here.’
‘By inputting little more than their name and email address, users can receive the agent's sales particulars within seconds.’
‘All of the normal difficulties of ethical life remain, and they can be solved only by means of a detailed understanding of the particulars of each situation.’
‘The motion should also give detailed particulars of the violation or crime allegedly committed.’
‘The statement was not on the record, and it addressed few of the particulars you now raise immediately after the fact.’
‘But it doesn't really matter in the particulars, because it's all totally, utterly subjective.’
‘As she dwelled on the particulars of the matter, she felt a peculiar shudder from her lover, and a sense of satisfaction came over her, for she knew that the point was now thoroughly and irrevocably moot.’
‘I find myself uninterested in technique - the particulars of better arm-twisting and wrist-bending.’
‘Oh, yes you may stay and reminisce, Conductor, and let Jeffries know the particulars of this matter.’
‘There are some subtle disagreements among us on some of the particulars, naturally, just as there are among conservative originalists.’
‘The particulars of this don't really matter now, since Bennett has pretty much put an end to the whole thing.’
2Philosophy An individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality.
‘universals can be simultaneously exemplified by different particulars in different places’
‘In Chapter 19, I examine various accounts of the first of these distinctions and raise the question of whether we really need to include both universals and particulars in our ontology.’
‘Philosophers who agree with a conception of events as particulars typically distinguish different sorts of such particulars.’
‘A third implication of a place-based philosophy has to do with the connection between universal qualities and their particulars.’
‘The claim that there are no universals apart from particulars needs to be understood in context.’
‘But intellectual appetite is free because the intellect deals with universals, not particulars.’
Phrases
in particular
Especially (used to show that a statement applies to one person or thing more than any other)
‘he socialized with the other young people, one boy in particular’
‘The ELO in particular only appeared in the trailer but is the stand out piece here.’
‘I was pleased with the results, and one in particular I reckon is as good as I can do.’
‘I cannot begin to tell you how much pleasure that last one, in particular, gave me.’
‘Toddlers in particular are not known for the patience and sitting still skills.’
‘No set, and in particular no infinite set, has as many members as it has subsets.’
‘Part of it had to do with the players themselves, and in particular the contrast between them.’
‘The first half in particular was epitomised by a real uncertainty in dealing with crosses.’
‘They, and one in particular, often forget to say thank you when it is called for.’
‘One of Maurice, in particular, bought tears to her eyes as the memories flooded back.’
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’.
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