To state, describe or identify the specific details of something rather than leave it general.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- particularize an allegation
- particularize a claim
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The applicant was asked to particularize the allegation before it could be investigated.
The revised account particularized the claim by identifying the relevant dates and decisions.
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Word forms
- Base
- particularize
- Past tense
- particularized
- Past participle
- particularized
- Present participle
- particularizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- particularize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are particularizing
- Present perfect
- have/has particularized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been particularizing
- Past
- particularized
- Past continuous
- was/were particularizing
- Past perfect
- had particularized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been particularizing
- Future
- will particularize
- Future continuous
- will be particularizing
- Future perfect
- will have particularized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been particularizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: particularize; particularizes; particularized; particularized; particularizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: particularizes.
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