particular

bestimmt, spezifisch

Zeigt, dass eine ganz bestimmte Person oder Sache gemeint ist.

In einfachem Englisch: Used to show that you mean one exact person or thing.

• I like that particular colour.
• Was there a particular reason for calling?
• That particular shop closes early on Fridays.

Synonyme: specific, certain

Gegenteile: general

Häufige Wendungen: this particular case, a particular person, that particular day, a particular model

besonder

Stärker oder wichtiger als gewöhnlich, oder besonders mit einer Person oder Sache verbunden.

In einfachem Englisch: Greater or more important than usual, or connected especially with one person or thing.

• This issue needs particular attention.
• She took particular pleasure in helping children.
• There was no particular reason for my visit.

Synonyme: special, especially great

Häufige Wendungen: of particular importance, take particular interest, no particular reason, no particular order

wählerisch, anspruchsvoll

Wählt sorgfältig aus und akzeptiert nur, was gefällt oder gut genug erscheint.

In einfachem Englisch: If someone is like this, they choose carefully and accept only what they like or think is good.

• She is very particular about food.
• He has always been particular about his clothes.
• Are you particular about where you sit?

So benutzt man es: particular about something (My father is particular about his coffee.)

Synonyme: fussy, choosy, picky

Gegenteile: easygoing

Häufige Wendungen: particular about food, very particular, particular about something

besonders, insbesondere

In „in particular“ wird eine Person oder Sache besonders hervorgehoben.

In einfachem Englisch: In the expression "in particular", used to give special attention to one person or thing.

• I enjoyed the music in particular.
• Is there anything in particular you need?
• Two pictures in particular caught her attention.

So benutzt man es: someone/something in particular (One student in particular needed help.)

Häufige Wendungen: in particular, nothing in particular, someone in particular

Einzelheit, Angabe

Eine einzelne Information über etwas; meist im Plural gebraucht.

In einfachem Englisch: One small piece of information about something; usually used in the plural.

• Please send us your particulars.
• The two accounts differ in several particulars.
• She checked every particular before signing the form.

Synonyme: detail

Häufige Wendungen: every particular, in every particular, one important particular

Einzelding

Eine einzelne Sache oder ein Fall, getrennt von einer Gruppe oder allgemeinen Vorstellung betrachtet.

In einfachem Englisch: A single thing or case, considered separately from a whole group or general idea.

• A particular is an individual thing.
• The philosopher distinguished particulars from universals.
• This theory explains how each particular belongs to a class.

Synonyme: individual, instance

Gegenteile: universal

Häufige Wendungen: a concrete particular, an individual particular, particular and universal