particular

Syllabification: (par·tic·u·lar)

Definition of particular

1 [attributive] used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class:the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies
Logic denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class. Contrasted with universal.

2 [attributive] especially great or intense:when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care

3insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious:she is very particular about cleanliness

2a detail:he is wrong in every particular
(particulars) detailed information about someone or something:a clerk took the woman’s 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

late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis 'concerning a small part', from particula 'small part'

The ending of particular is spelled -lar.

Definition of particular in the British & World English dictionary