specialty
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈspɛʃəlti/
- US
:
especialidad
- Today, there are 1,100 employees and virtually every medical specialty is available at the hospital.
- a specialty area
- a specialty clinic
- a surgical specialty
They're expert in all these various specialties with regard to publishing.
- They're expert in all these various specialties with regard to publishing.
- If that's going to be your specialty, you need to learn that somehow.
- So that that became my specialty during that time.
- And when you were studying medicine, what did you think your specialty or specialties might be?
- Paul bypassed the house specialty, which was pressed duck in favor of fish.
- So I do think that that creates an incentive for people to go into specialties that are highly paid.
- Expert marksman pistol, long gun is my specialty.
- They also have some specialty summer schools.
- I mean, I'm just saying you can have multiple specialties or multiple USPS.
Examples
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My specialty is graphic design, where I create logos and visual identities.
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So engineering is going to have a specialty in both of these.
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And it's a regional specialty found in Turkey.
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Chinese food is my specialty.
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I can play all the instruments, but my specialty is composition.
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My specialty is scoliosis surgery.
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The researchers used techniques from their specialty areas to search for signs of masculinity and femininity.
Academic text (1990) -
I'm a specialty baker.
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Her specialty is pediatric medicine, and she loves working with children.
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In the culinary school, each student showcases their specialty in a final cooking competition.
Synonyms
∞
2.9
A particular area of study or work
336
2.8
A skill or quality someone has that helps them do well
302
4.9
Special skill or knowledge in one area, for example law
107
5.5
A job or area where someone can be successful
30
4.4
A skill or area that a person is very good at
22
5.7
A skill or activity someone is very good at
19
3.4
Something a person does very well
13
4.1
A particular area of work or study that someone focuses on
1
7.4
A particular area of study or work someone focuses on
1
9.9
A type of work or skill someone does best
A thing a person or team does especially well
A skill or area where a person is very good
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.9
A part of medicine that focuses on one area of the body or type of illness
- Specialized
1
4.6
A plant grown for a specific market rather than as a main food crop, like fruits or flowers
How Specialized
107
5.5
- US
205
4.3
1
4.6
305
1.6
173
1.7
102
4.9
∞
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Specialty comes from the word special, which means 'particular' or 'set apart'. Think of a specialist — their specialty is the one area of work or skill they do best, so today specialty means an area someone is especially known for.