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Verb: specialise 'speshu`lIz Usage: Brit (=specialize)
- Devote oneself to a special area of work
"She specialises in honey bees"; "This baker specialises in French bread" - specialize - Be specific about
- specify, particularize, particularise [Brit], specialize - Suit to a special purpose
"specialise one's research"; "this kind of beak has become specialised in certain Galapagos finches" - specialize - Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
- specialize, narrow, narrow down - Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- speciate, differentiate, specialize
Derived forms: specialising, specialises, specialised See also: specialisation [Brit], specialist Type of: alter, change, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, evolve, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate, modify, vary, work Antonym: diversify Encyclopedia: Specialise |