Antonyms for specialties

Grammar : Noun

Spell : spesh-uhl-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ əl ti

Definition of specialties

Origin : early 14c., from Middle French especialte, variant of specialite, from Latin specialitatem (nominative specialitas) "peculiarity," from specialis (see special). Speciality is attested from early 15c.; French form spécialité (especially in reference to restaurant dishes) is recorded from 1839.

noun distinctive feature; concentration

Example sentences :

She has no dates, nor rites, nor persons, nor specialties nor men.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

But all these things were exactly the young engineer's specialties.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

He was cursed with the curse of the age; it was an age of specialties, and he had none.
Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

One of his specialties is the smuggling of arms into foreign countries.
Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak

There is no occasion for quarrelling with these specialties.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

He had not dared express his interest in their specialties at that time.
Extract from : « Cubs of the Wolf » by Raymond F. Jones

His vehicle "Fritz" was a flimsy frame on which was hung Emmett's specialties.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

Any woman can smile inscrutably; that is one of the specialties of the sex.
Extract from : « Cobb's Bill-of-Fare » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

Rising to the occasion is another of Elizabeth's specialties.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Hula Hula and all other kinds of character dancing are specialties.
Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn

Synonyms for specialties

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