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Grammar : Adj
Spell : spesh-uh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ əˌlaɪz



Définition of specialized

Origin :
  • 1610s, "to indicate specially," from special + -ize. Sense of "engage in a special study or line of business" is first attested 1881; biological sense is from 1851. Related: Specialized; specializing.
  • adj specific
Example sentences :
  • When some women were specialized for motherhood then there were surplus women.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • He does not seem to appreciate how specialized they are for pleasure.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • There are other specialized products to which it could be well extended.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Plumules: specialized scales of the androconia of male Lepidoptera.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Individuals have specialized at the expense of a whole life.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • Specialized publications also keep track of the profitability of the media.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • I assume that neither of you has ever specialized in nervous or mental disorders.
  • Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • He is at most a confused and wild Christian, not specialized by any form, but capable of all.
  • Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
  • But he happened to have specialized information they had not.
  • Extract from : « The Machine That Saved The World » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • She specialized in Romance languages, and took her degree as Doctor of Philosophy in 1904.
  • Extract from : « Americans All » by Various

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