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/spˈɛʃəlˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Specialize v. t.

To mention specially; to particularize.

To apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.

(Biol.) To supply with an organ or organs having a special function or functions.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Specialize" Quotes from Famous Books

... found out since—called him on to the terrace. Don't look as if you wanted to eat me, Lord Ernest. I've won my way up from the bottom rung of the ladder by keeping my eyes open, and by putting two and two together. I specialize on that. I don't suppose there's another man in Cairo except me and you, would have recognized Fenton, so you needn't worry. I twigged that he'd dressed up for serious business, not for fun, because I read about some smart coups ...

— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson

... that to others seems monotonous drudgery. But with all its drawbacks it still is the best way for man to work and while we must labor to eliminate the condition of drudgery, we must face the plain fact that competition between men, industries, states and nations makes it absolutely necessary to specialize. ...

— Industrial Progress and Human Economics • James Hartness

... purchased from reputable dealers, of whom there are many in this country. These dealers specialize in growing young trees and selling them at the low cost of three to ten dollars per thousand. In States in which a Forestry Commission has been inaugurated, there have also been established State nurseries ...

— Studies of Trees • Jacob Joshua Levison

... She's a good chap, too. That's the way you have to think of her. They're a great pair. She writes, too. Oh, you're sure to like them! They're going to be out here for months, he says. He's going to specialize in women, and he's come back here where they've got the vote and all, to make headquarters. Lord, but it's great! I haven't had a real talk with anybody since he went ...

— The Real Adventure • Henry Kitchell Webster

... the judge, "I may almost claim to be a specialist (so far as a country practitioner is permitted to specialize) in senile and paretic dementia, since I had the honor to represent the proponents in the will case of Snoke versus Snoke. But it's only fair to say that I regard hypnotism ...

— Double Trouble - Or, Every Hero His Own Villain • Herbert Quick

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