Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

particularize

/pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: par-tic-u-lar-ize
IPA: /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

verb

To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To differentiate, make distinct from others.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"'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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English particular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English particularize From particular + -ize.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/
British English: /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

particularizes (present, singular) particularizing (participle, present) particularized (participle, past) particularized (past) particularise (alternative)

Derived Forms

overparticularize particularizer particularizingly unparticularized unparticularizing

Synonyms

set apart clarify explicitize specify distinguish severalize particularise specialize specialise

Questions

How do you pronounce particularize?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/.
What does particularize mean?: To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
Where does particularize come from?: Etymology tree English particular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English particularize From particular + -ize.

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