special
A reduction in consumer cost for items or services renderedA reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
» This is a very special day.
Dieser Tag ist ein ganz besonderer Tag.
Це дуже особливий день.
Meaning
12 sensesA reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.
I didn't have much money, so I bought the special.
Sonderangebot
распрода́жаrasprodáža
A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
Today's dinner special is wild salmon, which we don't normally get a chance to offer.
The Tuesday lunch special is our tuna melt on rye.
Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
Did you see the Christmas special?
Sondersendung
(UK, colloquial)A special constable.
Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
Thousands came to see the special that carried the President's coffin.
Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
Singapore Special; Darwin special
A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
Examples
1213 sentencesThis is a very special day.
Це дуже особливий день.
deDieser Tag ist ein ganz besonderer Tag.
Tom wanted Mary to feel special.
Том хотів, щоб Мері відчувала себе особливою.
Tom is very special to me.
Том дуже особливий для мене.
Have you had any special training?
Чи проходили ви якусь спеціальну підготовку?
Let me tell you about our special.
Дозвольте, я розкажу вам про нашу фірмову страву.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also FFrom Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.
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Forms
plural: specialsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- something special
- something special for
- special occasions
- anything special
- on special occasions
- is a special
- a very special
- do anything special
- a special tool
- have any special
- a special occasion
- do something special