Synonyms for specialty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : spesh-uhl-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ əl ti

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Définition of specialty

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 made a specialty of Angoras, and her collection is famous.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

I speak as a connoisseur, for faces are a specialty of mine.
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

This house makes a specialty of seed-corn and we believe that they will do what they say they will.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various

As Cornish men we should adopt the specialty of our province, and become miners.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various

Specialty after specialty would be unveiled and teams would work on them.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

"I like your manner of speaking of my specialty, Cousin Julia," she remarked.
Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray

Your specialty is frightening women and pounding boys who offend you.
Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock

Hernia was Chauliac's specialty, and in it his surgical judgment is admirable.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

Surgeons have always been prone to glory in their specialty.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

In his own specialty he was one of the most eminent masters who has ever appeared.
Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews

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