Definition of Particular
Particular
par·tic·u·lar


Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Carefully distinguishing or selective in one's preferences or choices.

e.g. She was very particular about the type of coffee she drank.

(adjective)
somehow notable, distinctive, or special, unusual due to being so intense or great;

e.g. He paid particular attention to transactions from the past week.

(adjective)
meticulous or picky/choosy, insisting that certain things must be a certain way and/or correct in every detail;

e.g. As he grew older, he grew more particular about the kinds of books he read.

(noun)
an individual detail, point, or fact of something, or broadly, details about a person, thing, or circumstance (usually used in the plural as "particulars" in the second case);

e.g. They noted down each particular of the incident that I gave. She wanted to known the particulars of all of the guests.



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