particularize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
26
Words With Friends
30
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/
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/pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/ · /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/

Definition of particularize

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
  2. (intransitive, transitive)To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.
    “'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.”
    “Twice we find him, not only boasting of his Parentage, as an Israelite at large, but particularizing his Descent from the Tribe of Benjamin.”
    “Now it is his daily work to particularize, item by item, the iniquities of the system, and the petty manifestations of the tyranny here in Arras.”
  3. (intransitive)To differentiate, make distinct from others.

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Etymology

From particular + -ize.

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