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Synonyms for specialties

Grammar : Noun
Spell : spesh-uhl-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ əl ti

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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

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