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to particularize

to particularize

1 7.8
To give specific details about a person or thing
  • verb
  • /pərˈtɪkjələrˌaɪz/
translation icon : particularizar
  • No attempt was made in the hearings and debates in both Houses to particularize the reach of the amendment in terms of the meaning of "inability."
  • particularize further

But here, if you allege fraud or mistake, you have to allege the actual particularized facts and you can't get away with just pleading these weird nebulous claims.

Examples

  • But here, if you allege fraud or mistake, you have to allege the actual particularized facts and you can't get away with just pleading these weird nebulous claims.

    LegalEagle

  • Courts have done extremely little to particularize them.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Canada particularized its objections in this regard in a number of ways.

    Academic text (2000)

  • But when it comes to talking about the United States in the twentieth century, I believe we make more progress by particularizing our inquiry.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Agencies should particularize the idea of "significant" and "de minimis" risks through quantitative guidelines.

    Academic text (2001)

  • I read the current genocide crimes list as particularizing Lemkin's descriptions.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The concept of loss, like the concept of the "event," focuses on losses that can be particularized and enumerated: the loss of a leg, the death of a person.

    Academic text (2008)

  • I attempt to further particularize Navarrete's approach by combining it with the attention to metaphor pioneered by Randel and Schmidt.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The report aims to particularize the needs of the local community to better address their concerns.

  • In her speech, she took a moment to particularize the different initiatives that promote environmental awareness.

Synonyms

to describe
vsto particularize
∞ 1.0

To use words to show what a person or thing is like

is narrower, focusing on specific instances rather than broad accounts
to specify
vsto particularize
118 3.5

To give clear, exact details about something

is about naming specific examples in detail rather than listing conditions
to detail
vsto particularize
105 3.1

To describe something by giving many small facts

is more about singling out specific cases rather than listing all facts
to delineate
vsto particularize
  • Formal
5 6.8

To describe something clearly and in detail

focuses on naming specific examples rather than clear overall explanation

Antonyms

to generalize
  • US
41 4.2

To form a general idea from one or a few examples

How Detailed

to particularize
1 7.8
to describe
∞ 1.0
to specify
118 3.5
to mention
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

particularize infinitive
particularized past
particularized past participle
particularizing present participle
particularizes third person singular

Morphology

particularize = particular (transparent) = particular + ize

The verb is regularly formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to 'particular', meaning 'to make or state something specific', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Particularize comes from the word particular, which itself comes from an old word for a 'part' or 'small part', the same idea you see in the everyday word part. So to particularize something is to pick out its parts and give exact, specific details about it.