specializedspe‧cial‧ized (also specialised British English) /ˈspeʃəlaɪzd/ ●○○ adjective - Many of the employees receive specialized training in programing.
- A wide variety of jobs are undertaken, ranging from 100,000 copy reprints of dictionaries, to specialized runs of a few hundreds.
- Power and prestige differentials are essential for the coordination and integration of a specialized division of labour.
- She speaks several languages and partakes of many specialized vocabularies in the context of her daily existence.
- That will require significant investment in specialized accommodation, social work input and health care.
- The single-subject academic course is largely confined to the universities, reflecting their traditions of specialized scholarship and their stronger research orientation.
- Within large companies the need for in-house, highly specialized computer expertise is waning.
► highly specialized the highly specialized plants that live in desert areas ► technical/specialized vocabulary· The instructions were full of technical vocabulary.
ADVERB► highly· It is interesting that such distinctions are most clearly and most confidently made in relatively complex and highly specialized societies.· Within large companies the need for in-house, highly specialized computer expertise is waning.· A few living jawless fish are the only remnant of this ancient group, and they are highly specialized forms.· Does the future lie with diversified financial conglomerates or with highly specialized financial institutions?
► more· The growth of industry requires more specialized scientific and technical knowledge which results in the development of professions such as science and engineering.
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