Special
['speʃ(ə)l] or ['spɛʃl]
Definition
(noun.) a television production that features a particular person or work or topic; 'the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight'.
(noun.) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising; 'they are having a special on pork chops'.
(noun.) a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant.
(adj.) for a special service or occasion; 'a special correspondent'; 'a special adviser to the committee'; 'had to get special permission for the event' .
(adj.) adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose; 'a special kind of paint'; 'a special medication for arthritis' .
Editor: Shanna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.
(a.) Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.
(a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.
(a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.
(a.) Chief in excellence.
(n.) A particular.
(n.) One appointed for a special service or occasion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Particular, peculiar, specific, especial.[2]. Extraordinary, uncommon.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Particular, specific, peculiar, appropriate, proper, distinctive, extraordinary,especial, exceptional
ANT:General, universal, common, generic
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Definition
adj. of a species or sort; particular: distinctive: uncommon: designed for a particular purpose: confined to a particular subject or application.—n. any special or particular person or thing: any person or thing set apart for a particular duty—a constable a railway-tram &c.: a newspaper extra a despatch from a special correspondent.—n. Specialisā′tion the act or process of specialising: differentiation as of organs functions &c.—v.t. Spec′ialise to make specifically distinct to limit to a particular kind of action or use.—v.i. to act in some particular way to take a particular direction as to devote one's self especially to some particular branch of study.—ns. Spec′ialism devotion to some particular study or pursuit; Spec′ialist one who devotes himself to a special subject.—adj. Specialist′ic.—n. Special′ity the particular characteristic of a person or thing: a special occupation or object of attention.—adv. Spec′ially.—ns. Spec′ialty something special or distinctive: any special product article of sale or of manufacture: any special pursuit department of study &c.: a special contract for the payment of money; Specie (spē′shi) gold and silver coin metallic money (abl. of L. species kind); Spē′cies a group of individuals having common marks or characteristics specialised from others of the same genus to which it is subordinate: a group under a higher class a kind or sort a distinct constituent part an element: an appearance to the senses an image of an external object presented to the eye or the mind; Spē′cies-mong′er one who busies himself with classifications only indifferent to wider biological relations one who makes distinctions for distinction's sake; Spēcif′ic a remedy which has a special power in a particular disease: an infallible remedy.—adjs. Spēcif′ic -al pertaining to or constituting a species: that specifies: peculiar to: produced by some special cause: precise: infallible.—adv. Spēcif′ically.—ns. Spēcif′icalness Spēcif′icness the state or quality of being specific.—Special constable (see Constable); Special license (see License); Special pleading (see Plead); Special verdict (see Verdict).—Specific density the mass of any given substance contained in unit volume; Specific gravity the weight of any given substance as compared with the weight of an equal bulk or volume of water or other standard substance at the same temperature and pressure; Specific heat (see Heat).
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Examples
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nichols was also with us for a short time conducting a special series of experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I did not understand then that there lay any special significance in his reference to other dainties. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In ordinary talk they might have passed unheeded; but following on her prolonged pause they acquired a special meaning. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Glass thermometers of the above type are the ones most generally used, but there are many different types for special purposes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Winnie is a special nature, and for special natures you must give a special world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco ashes enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It'll come on, in the settens after Term: fourteenth of Febooary, we expect; we've marked it a special jury cause, and it's only ten down the paper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Mivart has advanced this case as one of special difficulty, but I am unable to see the force of his argument. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mr Lammle was proud to be so soon distinguished by this special commendation to Miss Podsnap's favour. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He believed without effort in the peculiar work of grace within him, and in the signs that God intended him for special instrumentality. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This was a joke; so Jinks, Grummer, Dubbley, all the specials, and Muzzle, went into fits of laughter of five minutes' duration. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Is the other specials outside, Dubbley? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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