specialize, specialise

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• specialize — spe‧cial‧ize [ˈspeʆəlaɪz] also specialise verb [intransitive] COMMERCE to limit all or most of your business to a particular activity: specialize in • The firm specializes in small business manangement. • Individuals …   Financial and business terms

• specialize — (also specialise) ► VERB 1) concentrate on and become expert in a particular skill or area. 2) make a habit of engaging in a particular activity. 3) (be specialized) Biology (of an organ or part) be adapted or set apart to serve a special… …   English terms dictionary

• specialise — (Brit.) v. devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study; adapt to a particular environment, engage in specialization (Biology); limit, restrict; specify something; make special (also specialize) …   English contemporary dictionary

• specialise — verb 1. devote oneself to a special area of work She specializes in honey bees This baker specializes in French bread • Syn: ↑specialize • Derivationally related forms: ↑specialist, ↑specialisation, ↑specialiser, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• specialize — [[t]spe̱ʃəlaɪz[/t]] ♦♦♦ specializes, specializing, specialized VERB If you specialize in a thing, you know a lot about it and concentrate a great deal of your time and energy on it, especially in your work or when you are studying or training.… …   English dictionary

• specialize — spe|cial|ize S3 also specialise BrE [ˈspeʃəlaız] v [I] to limit all or most of your study, business etc to a particular subject or activity specialize in ▪ Simmons specialized in contract law …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• specialize — or specialise verb 1》 (often specialize in) concentrate on and become expert in a particular skill or area.     ↘make a habit of engaging in. 2》 Biology adapt or set apart (an organ or part) to serve a special function. Derivatives specialization …   English new terms dictionary

• specialise — British variant of specialize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• specialize — specialization, n. /spesh euh luyz /, v., specialized, specializing. v.i. 1. to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology. 2. Biol. (of an organism or one of its organs) to be… …   Universalium

• specialise — spe|cial|ise [ speʃl,aız ] a British spelling of specialize …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• specialise — [[t]spe̱ʃəlaɪz[/t]] see specialize …   English dictionary