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special

107 1.7
A dish offered on the menu for a short time
  • noun
  • /ˈspɛʃəl/
: plato del día
  • We're featuring a seafood special that changes every week.
  • a daily special
  • today's special
  • a breakfast special

They brought her a stepmother special, a Red Delicious.

Examples

  • We ordered the egg and hash brown special with the bottomless cup, 99 cents.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Can you tell me about today's special on the menu?

  • And, look, they have a breakfast special.

  • Our breakfast special today is chorizo and eggs.

  • Better check your menu again; we got two specials today, and they go hand in hand!

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The coffee's hot, and the blue plate special is out of this world!

    Blog text (20)
  • I ordered the farmer's special: three pancakes, three eggs, a side of scrapple.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And there it is, our special roasted pork ramen.

  • The Rainmaker ordered the breakfast special: steak and eggs with hashbrowns and toast.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The restaurant's special for tonight includes a delicious lasagna.

Antonyms

Food and other things that are usual at a place or event

Idioms

Ordinary and not very interesting

Compounds

186 3.5

A person allowed by law to do one specific task they are told to do

128 3.4

A very well trained military group that carries out secret or dangerous missions

A group or organization that tries to influence government decisions to help its own members

special effect
  • Specialized
74 3.7

An image or sound used in film to show something that cannot be done in real life

special education
  • Specialized
29 3.5

Teaching and support in school for students with physical, mental, or learning difficulties who need extra help

A service that delivers mail faster than usual for an extra fee

A meeting held in addition to regular meetings to deal with urgent or important matters

A group that tries to influence government decisions often by talking to politicians

An international sports event for people with intellectual or physical disabilities

special award
  • Formal
6 2.9

Official recognition given for important achievements or contributions

special relativity
  • Specialized
4 7.1

A theory that says physics works the same for all objects moving at constant speed and light speed is constant

A small extra detail that makes something feel nicer

4 6.6

A part of the police that deals with the country's safety and political crimes like terrorism or spying

An argument that ignores bad evidence to seem true

3 3.5

A small group inside an organization that works on a specific topic or project, not for politics

special jury
  • Archaic
2 7.7

A group of people chosen for their special knowledge to decide a legal case

A small, highly trained group of British soldiers who do secret, dangerous missions

A small, cheap gun often used in crimes

1 7.4

An extra tax on private property that pays for local public work like new sidewalks

1 6.1

A scientific idea that space and time change with speed and that light has the same speed for all observers

A group of people who try to influence government decisions about one issue

1 7.0

A part of the navy that carries out secret, dangerous missions at sea and on land

special act
  • Formal
1 8.3

A law made to help one person, group, or place instead of everyone

A 1905 Einstein theory saying time and space change because light's speed is always the same

1 9.0

Extra international money from the IMF to help countries build foreign currency reserves and keep their exchange rates stable

Special K
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A drug called ketamine used illegally to get high

A group in the United States Army trained to do secret and dangerous missions

1 7.7

A military court that tries soldiers for less serious crimes, usually with three officers

1 6.8

A formal agreement signed and sealed by the people involved, often with a wax seal

1 8.8

A jury statement about specific facts that the judge uses to decide the case

A house sold cheaply because it needs a lot of repair

1 9.8

Believing you are unique and should get extra attention from others

A police unit trained to handle violent situations like hostage crises and armed standoffs

1 7.3

A physics idea that light moves at the same speed and time and space change for moving people

A group of police officers with special training and weapons who handle very dangerous situations like armed suspects or hostages

A planned military action with clear goals that is often secret

Highly trained soldiers who do secret, dangerous missions for the United States Army

8.1

A cheaper apartment with few repairs or updates

An employer gives extra money to employees who have extra duties

9.1

A legal document that adds new facts to answer an accusation

A temporary team of experts from different parts of a company who solve an urgent problem quickly

How Featured

special
107 1.7

Surface Forms

special singular
specials plural

Etymology

Special comes from an old Latin word specialis, related to species 'kind', and it gives the idea of one thing chosen to stand out. So a restaurant 'special' is the particular dish they choose to show customers for a short time.