ALL meanings of over-particular
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O o - adjective over-particular of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books. 1
- adjective over-particular immediately present or under consideration; in this specific instance or place: Look at this particular clause in the contract. 1
- adjective over-particular distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy; marked; unusual: She sang with particular warmth at last evening's concert. 1
- adjective over-particular exceptional or especial: Take particular pains with this job. 1
- adjective over-particular being such in an exceptional degree: a particular friend of mine. 1
- adjective over-particular dealing with or giving details, as an account or description, of a person; detailed; minute. 1
- adjective over-particular exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting; fastidious; fussy: to be particular about one's food. 1
- adjective over-particular Logic. not general; referring to an indefinite part of a whole class. (of a proposition) containing only existential quantifiers. partaking of the nature of an individual as opposed to a class. 1
- adjective over-particular Law. noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, as lands devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children. noting the tenant of such an estate. 1
- noun over-particular an individual or distinct part, as an item of a list or enumeration. 1
- noun over-particular Usually, particulars. specific points, details, or circumstances: to give an investigator the particulars of a case. 1
- noun over-particular Logic. an individual or a specific group within a general class. 1
- idioms over-particular in particular, particularly; specifically; especially: There is one book in particular that may help you. 1