particularize (verb)

  • 1particularize — verb /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹʌɪz/ a) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out. I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species. b) …

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  • 2particularize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1593 transitive verb to state in detail ; specify intransitive verb to go into details …

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  • 3particularize — verb the indictment particularized several incidents Syn: specify, detail, itemize, list, enumerate, spell out, cite, stipulate, instance …

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  • 4particularize — UK [pə(r)ˈtɪkjʊləraɪz] / US [pərˈtɪkjələˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms particularize : present tense I/you/we/they particularize he/she/it particularizes present participle particularizing past tense particularized past participle… …

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  • 5particularize — [[t]pə(r)tɪ̱kjʊləraɪz[/t]] particularizes, particularizing, particularized VERB If you particularize something that you have been talking about in a general way, you give details or specific examples of it. [FORMAL] [V n] Mr Johnson… …

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  • 6particularize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. specify, itemize, mention particularly, detail. See description. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. itemize, enumerate, specify; see file 1 , list 1 , record 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make specific …

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  • 7particularize — par|tic|u|lar|ize [ pər tıkjələ,raız ] verb transitive FORMAL to provide specific details or instances of something …

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  • 8particularize — or particularise verb formal treat individually or in detail. Derivatives particularization noun …

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  • 9particularize — also ise BrE verb (I, T) formal to give the details of something; itemize particularization noun (U) …

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  • 10detail — I noun aspect, circumstance, circumstantiality, component, component part, division, element, feature, fractional part, fragment, individual part, ingredient, instance, integral part, integrant, item, minor part, minute part, part, particular,… …

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