[
  {
    "word": "particular",
    "phonetic": "/p\u0259\u02c8t\u026akj\u0259l\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/p\u0259\u02c8t\u026akj\u0259l\u0259/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/particular-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1227717",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/p\u0259\u02c8t\u026akj\u0259l\u025a/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person's own individual case.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Specific; discrete; concrete.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.",
            "synonyms": [
              "optimized",
              "specialistic"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He brought no particular news."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a full and particular account of an accident"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Containing a part only; limited.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Holding a particular estate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a particular tenant"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a particular proposition, opposed to \"universal\", e.g. (particular affirmative) \"Some men are wise\"; (particular negative) \"Some men are not wise\"."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "optimized",
          "specialistic"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "general"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/particular"
    ]
  }
]