specializationnoun [ C or U ]
UK usually specialisation uk/ˌspeʃ.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌspeʃ.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/a particular area of knowledge or the process of becoming an expert in a particular area:
Specialization (= limiting study or work to one particular area) usually doesn't occur until PhD level.
The lawyer said that he was unable to help us because our case fell outside his specialization.
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- affair
- backyard
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- item
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- subject matter
- sweep
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- talking point
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
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