particularize
to make particular.
to mention or indicate specifically; specify.
to state or treat in detail.
to speak or treat particularly or specifically.
Origin of particularize
1- Also especially British, par·tic·u·lar·ise .
Other words from particularize
- par·tic·u·lar·i·za·tion, noun
- par·tic·u·lar·iz·er, noun
- un·par·tic·u·lar·ized, adjective
- un·par·tic·u·lar·iz·ing, adjective
Words Nearby particularize
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How to use particularize in a sentence
You have to particularize, you have to allow a character to be his own collection of unusual traits—sometimes contradictory, sometimes not as strongly correlated with the condition that he supposedly partakes in.
It exerts also various other actions in particular cases which we cannot here stop to particularize.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonDid he examine any one person, or particularize a single fact, in any manner whatever?
The various acts of monopoly which passed parliament during a series of years, it is not necessary to particularize.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. GoodrichBut let us particularize the special lesson of his senatorial career.
The Brothers' War | John Calvin Reed
Finley is wretched ugly, but he went away last night, so I shall not particularize him.
American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Part 12. | John Jay Smith
British Dictionary definitions for particularize
particularise
/ (pəˈtɪkjʊləˌraɪz) /
to treat in detail; give details (about)
(intr) to go into detail
Derived forms of particularize
- particularization or particularisation, noun
- particularizer or particulariser, noun
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