particular in English: One special thing and not any other; used to point at the exact one you mean. (adjective)

/pəˈtɪk.jə.lər/

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Translation

One special thing and not any other; used to point at the exact one you mean.

Word origin

From Latin particula, a small part, from pars, a part. A particular thing is one small part picked out from the whole.

"Particular" means one book and no other.

Here "particular" asks for the exact reason.

To be "particular about" something is to be hard to please.

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This word is part of lesson 34.