to specialize
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4.3
- verb
- /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
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especializarse (en)
- At the time, I was a tour operator specializing in trips to Israel.
- specialized knowledge
- specialize in music
- a scholar who specializes
He'd been an Army Doctor Who specialized in that kind of operation.
- He'd been an Army Doctor Who specialized in that kind of operation.
- He's like a bodybuilder slash wrestler who has specialized in finger strength.
- And that's what I specialized in for most of my career.
- What is that individual doctor or counselor specialize in?
- The one absolute constant here is that our standards of living improve as we specialize and move up the production chain.
- Alton, you, you don't, you specialize in like homey taste.
- And I think that some writers simply specialize in in either female or male.
- We're going to have some people specialize and grow way more food than they need.
- So that's just doctors that are specializing in this or this.
- I know people say here's how you grow, you specialize and you blow up.
- So like they try to specialize more because then they can provide more services.
Examples
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Typically, music education majors choose a track during their undergraduate studies and specialize in one area.
Academic text (2015) -
In 2008, Tyler Rollins opened a gallery in Manhattan specializing in artists from Southeast Asia.
Academic text (2011) -
We're going to have some people specialize and grow way more food than they need.
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And there are places that specialize in getting restaurant names out there.
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So we are going to specialize to a very limited class of problems.
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And I think that some writers simply specialize in in either female or male.
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So there are attorneys that only specialize in, you know, in tenant rights.
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Early in his psychiatric training, he had decided to specialize in multiple personality disorders.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dr. Pol has a new assistant, Olivia, who specializes in this process.
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She decided to specialize in environmental science because she was passionate about climate change.
Synonyms
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3.9
To focus on one subject and become an expert in it
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Etymology
The word specialize comes from special, which means 'particular' or 'set apart'. So to specialize is to choose one area and become an expert in it.