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US
/ˈspɛʃəˌɫaɪz/
]
VERB
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suit to a special purpose
this kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches
specialize one's research -
become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
She specializes in Near Eastern history -
be specific about
Could you please specify your criticism of my paper? - evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
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devote oneself to a special area of work
This baker specializes in French bread
She specializes in honey bees
How To Use specialize In A Sentence
- He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
- Instead of engaging in small talk with editors, he sells via specialized agencies from his stock of 80,000 slides, all stored in iron cabinets in his house.
- At that time, the lab had a specialized real-time minicomputer: a Hewlett-Packard HP - 1000 F series.
- Graduate students specialize in a particular field of study.
- Many specialized institutions now equal the university in repute.
- Galicians specialize in trencherman food: suckling pig, grilled skate, pulpy octopus speckled with sea salt and paprika.
- Pathology, Inc. specializes in women's health diagnostic testing services, with expertise in gynecologic pathology, genitourinary pathology, gastrointestinal pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology and cytopathology. Business Wire Travel News
- Theyspecialize in very low-priced products.
- Joan Xie , Esq. is a senior attorney who specialized in business immigration law and immigration litigation.
- An evolutionary biologist at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, specializes in trapdoor and funnel-web spiders, and tarantulas.
