Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. chiefly British alternative spelling of specialize.
WordNet 3.0
- v. devote oneself to a special area of work
- v. be specific about
- v. evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- v. suit to a special purpose
- v. become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
Etymologies
- special + -ise (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's a bit like schools that 'specialise' in things like IT or (god help us) sport.”
“The Centre 'specialise' in promoting pro Pakistan policies and protecting interest of Pakistan; and only invites those people to their functions who endorse their pro Pakistan policies.”
“The bottom line is that businesses succeed when they specialise in something.”
“Some argue that pupils at private schools and grammars are at an advantage because they have teachers who may specialise in building relationships with top universities and decoding universities' complex admission requirements.”
The Guardian: Universities admit 'soft' A-levels damage chance of top places
“Today, we are often expected to specialise and excel in only one particular field of knowledge or expertise, even one particular area of a field.”
“Division of labour has set in, and groups of cells specialise in the performance of functions.”
“The mother woman is legion, and you refuse to specialise.”
“Foreign correspondents necessarily specialise in crises and disasters, but in my case, these often took the form of wars and armed conflicts.”
“Typical of Montreal arsehats like this one, who are a dime a dozen and all specialise in poster art that requires no talent or skill whatsoever.”
'Single Ladies' poster: If you like it then you shoulda put a frame on it | EW.com
“He established Sector 4 Focus in 2010 to specialise in bringing together businesses and charities to focus on social responsibility in mutually beneficial ways.”
The Guardian: One in nine public schools could be at risk of losing their charitable status
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘specialise’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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