Meaning

10 senses
  1. Explicit or definite.

    spezifisch

    я́вныйjávnyj, конкре́тныйkonkrétnyj, специфи́ческийspecifíčeskij

    конкре́тнийkonkrétnyj, специфі́чнийspecyfíčnyj

  2. Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.

    Holonyms: generic, familial

    Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific

    видово́йvidovój

    видовийvydovyj

  3. (in compounds, sometimes)Special, distinctive or unique.

    осо́бенныйosóbennyj, осо́быйosóbyj, конкре́тныйkonkrétnyj

    особли́вийosoblývyj, конкре́тнийkonkrétnyj

    (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

  4. Intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.

    spezifisch

    специа́льныйspeciálʹnyj

    спеціа́льнийspeciálʹnyj

  5. Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.

    a highly specific test

    specific and nonspecific symptoms

    being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

  6. Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms.

    Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.

  7. Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.

  8. Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).

    удельныйudelʹnyj

    питомийpytomyj

  9. Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust).

  10. A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).

    относительныйotnositelʹnyj

    відноснийvidnosnyj

Examples

208 sentences
  1. Could you give me some specific examples?

    Ти можеш мені надати якісь конкретні приклади?

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  2. Could you be more specific?

    Ви можете бути більш специфічними?

    ruМожете уточнить?

    deKönnten Sie etwas genauer sein?

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  3. You'll have to be more specific.

    deDu wirst dich schon genauer ausdrücken müssen.

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  4. Is that specific enough for you?

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  5. Tom needs to be more specific.

    deTom muss konkreter werden.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 6
explicit or definite:
of, or relating to a species:
special, distinctive or unique:
intended for, or applying to a particular thing:
of a value divided by the mass:
of a measure compared to a standard reference:
Русский
By meaning 6
explicit or definite:
of, or relating to a species:
special, distinctive or unique:
intended for, or applying to a particular thing:
of a value divided by the mass:
of a measure compared to a standard reference:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
explicit or definite:

Origin

From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Lati

From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific.

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