particle

Definitions


[ˈpɑːtɪkl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a minute portion of matter
(e.g: tiny particles of dust)

- the least possible amount
(e.g: he agrees without hearing the least particle of evidence)

- (in English) any of the class of words such as in, up, off, over, used with verbs to make phrasal verbs


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin particula ‘little part’, diminutive of pars, part-




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