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/icons/point.icon 類義 specialとparticular, specific, unique
special: 同種類のものと比べて特別な性質･特徴･独自性をもつことを示す
particular: 通常よりも程度がはなはだしく, 同種類のものと区別される特異性をいう
specific: 際立った性質や特徴をいい, 特に明確性･具体性を含む場合にいう
unique: 〘くだけて〙 で, それしかない唯一の特別さを表す.
/icons/point.icon CIRCUMSTANTIAL, MINUTE, PARTICULAR, DETAILED mean dealing with a matter fully and usually point by point.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL implies fullness of detail that fixes something described in time and space.
e.g. a circumstantial account of our visit
MINUTE implies close and searching attention to the smallest details.
e.g. a minute examination of a fossil
PARTICULAR implies a precise attention to every detail.
e.g. a particular description of the scene of the crime
DETAILED stresses abundance or completeness of detail.
e.g. a detailed analysis of the event
/icons/point.icon SPECIAL, ESPECIAL, SPECIFIC, PARTICULAR, INDIVIDUAL mean of or relating to one thing or class.
SPECIAL stresses having a quality, character, identity, or use of its own.
e.g. special ingredients
ESPECIAL may add implications of preeminence or preference.
e.g. a matter of especial importance
SPECIFIC implies a quality or character distinguishing a kind or a species.
e.g. children with specific nutritional needs
PARTICULAR stresses the distinctness of something as an individual.
e.g. a ballet step of particular difficulty
INDIVIDUAL implies unequivocal reference to one of a class or group.
e.g. valued each individual opinion
adjective
1. attributive used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class:
〖名詞の前で〗特定の; 特にこの［その］(specific)
e.g. 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.
〖名詞の前で〗独特の, 特有の
2. attributive especially great or intense:
〖名詞の前で〗特別な, 格別な, 特殊な
e.g. when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care.
3. insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious:
〖be ～〗 «…に関して» うるさい, 好き嫌いのある «about»
e.g. she is very particular about cleanliness.
noun
1. Philosophy an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality.
｟かたく｠ 項目, 点
2. a detail:
〖～s〗 詳細, 詳しい情報
e.g. he is wrong in every particular.
(particulars) detailed information about someone or something:
e.g. 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):
e.g. he socialized with the other young people, one boy in particular.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French particuler, from Latin particularis ‘concerning a small part’, from particula ‘small part’.