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PARTICULARIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be specific about

Example:

Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?

Synonyms:

particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "particularize" is one way to...):

dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "particularize"):

spell out (make explicit; specify in detail)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

particularization (an individualized description of a particular instance)

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