specific
Collocations
5(adj.)
VERBS
be
The teacher asked us to be specific about which historical events influenced the novel's plot.
ADV
highly, very
The doctor gave very specific directions about taking the medicine every morning.
quite | fairly, rather
PREP
about
The teacher was specific about what students needed to include in their essays.
Definitions
adj
Explicit or definite.
While some participants, like Gabi and Jasmine, had access to a gym but still felt uncertain about using specific types of equipment, others who trained at home faced even greater challenges due to the absence of both a coach and proper equipment.
Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
Holonyms: generic, familial
Meronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific
Special, distinctive or unique.
A psychologist told WJLA TV that, for the most part, this isn’t a Cocomelon-specific issue. The main issue is too much screen time and children's shows with fast-paced sequences.
intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
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
noun
A distinguishing attribute or quality.
A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
Change of scene, and a new lover, are infallible specifics, always supposing there is no character for constancy to be supported: if I witness the violent sorrow of to-day, I impose upon to-morrow the necessity of being sorry also.
If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise.
Specification
The details; particulars.
The distinguishing part of a toponym.
With the exception of names of pan-Canadian significance and some alternate forms approved by provincial authorities, the specific is not translated.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6While some participants, like Gabi and Jasmine, had access to a gym but still felt uncertain about using specific types of equipment, others who trained at home faced even greater challenges due to th
WiktionaryHolonyms: generic, familial
WiktionaryMeronyms: infrasubspecific, infraspecific, subspecific
WiktionaryChange of scene, and a new lover, are infallible specifics, always supposing there is no character for constancy to be supported: if I witness the violent sorrow of to-day, I impose upon to-morrow the
WiktionaryIf Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin pra
WiktionaryA compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.
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