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particular
English
Alternative forms
- perticular (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle +? -ar. Compare particle.
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- Hyphenation: par?tic?u?lar
- Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)
Adjective
particular (comparative more particular, superlative most particular) (also non-comparable)
- (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:specific
- Antonym: general
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Synonyms: optimized, specialistic
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth
- (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:
- or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Synonyms: minute, precise, fastidious; see also Thesaurus:fastidious
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- particular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Noun
particular (plural particulars)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th-19th c.]
- 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
- temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public […] or such as concern our particular
- 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) [from 17th c.]
Related terms
- universal
- for one's particular
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particularis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??.ti.ku?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?r.ti.ku?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?.ti.ku?la?/
Adjective
particular (masculine and feminine plural particulars)
- private
- particular
Derived terms
- particularment
Related terms
- partícula
- particularitat
Further reading
- “particular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “particular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “particular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “particular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particul?ris, corresponding to partícula +? -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /p??.ti.ku.?la?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa?.?t??i.ku.?la?/, [p??.?t??i.k?.?l?ä?]
- Hyphenation: par?ti?cu?lar
Adjective
particular m or f (plural particulares, comparable)
- private (concerning, accessible or belonging to an individual person or group)
- private (not belonging to the government)
- Synonym: privado
- Antonym: público
- particular; specific
- Synonym: específico
- particular; distinguished; exceptional
- Synonym: excepcional
Inflection
Derived terms
- em particular
Related terms
- partícula
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particul?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?tiku?la?/, [pa?.t?i.ku?la?]
Adjective
particular (plural particulares)
- specific, particular
- Synonyms: concreto, específico
- peculiar, strange
- Synonyms: raro, extraño
- personal
- Synonym: íntimo
- private
- Synonym: privado
Related terms
- partícula
Noun
particular m (plural particulares)
- individual, private citizen
Further reading
- “particular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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division
English
Etymology
From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin d?v?si?, d?v?si?nem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle d?v?sus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??v???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)
- (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
- Synonyms: split, lith
- Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification
- Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
- Antonym: multiplication
- (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
- (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- Hyponyms: square division, triangular division
- A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
- (taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
- A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
- (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
- (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
- (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
- (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
- (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
- Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division
- (Britain, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
- Synonym: (informal) div
Synonyms
- (taxonomy): divisio, phylum
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- separation
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
- denominator
- fraction
- numerator
Further reading
- division on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Noun
division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)
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Declension
Further reading
- “division” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vi.zj??/
Noun
division f (plural divisions)
- division (act or process of dividing)
- (arithmetic) division
- (military) division
- division (subsection)
Related terms
- diviser
Further reading
- “division” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
division
- Alternative form of divisioun
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”)
Noun
division c
- division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
- (sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others
Declension
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