Meaning

9 senses
  1. To make distinct or separate from what is common

    (British, English, Oxford, US, rare, transitive)To specify: to mention specifically.

    spezialisieren

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive, uncommon)To narrow in scope.

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To make distinct or separate due to form or function.

  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly

  5. To become distinct or separate from what is common

    (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.

    become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

  6. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.

  7. (British, English, Oxford, US, derogatory, intransitive, usually)To be known or notorious for some specialty.

    специализи́роватьspecializírovatʹ

    спеціалізува́тиspecializuváty

  8. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To train (someone) in a specialty.

  9. To make distinct or separate from what is common

    (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, obsolete)To go into specific details.

    be specific about

Examples

78 sentences
  1. That psychiatrist specialized in eating disorders.

    ruЭтот психиатр специализировался на расстройствах приема пищи.

    deDieser Psychiater hat sich auf Essstörungen spezialisiert.

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  2. He decided to specialize in physics at college.

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  3. We specialize in the import of machinery parts.

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  4. That doctor specializes in helping those with eating disorders.

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  5. Professional translators quite often specialize in just one field, for example law or medicine.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to apply to some specialty or limited object:
Русский
By meaning 1
to apply to some specialty or limited object:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to mention specially; to particularize:

Forms

specializes, specializing, specialized, specialized
Base formspecialize · to specialize
3rd person singularspecializes
Present participlespecializing
Past simplespecialized
Past participlespecialized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspecialize
he, she, itspecializes

Past simpleLesson

all personsspecialized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave specialized
he, she, ithas specialized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill specialize

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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