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Special

adjective

1.

Unique or specific to a person or thing or category. Synonyms: particular, peculiar. "Has a particular preference for Chinese art" , "A peculiar bond of sympathy between them" , "An expression peculiar to Canadians" , "Rights peculiar to the rich" , "The special features of a computer" , "My own special chair"

2.

For a special service or occasion. "A special adviser to the committee" , "Had to get special permission for the event"

3.

Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. Synonyms: especial, exceptional, particular. "Exceptional kindness" , "A matter of particular and unusual importance" , "A special occasion" , "A special reason to confide in her" , "What's so special about the year 2000?"

4.

Adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose. "A special medication for arthritis"

5.

Having a specific function or scope. Synonym: limited.

6.

First and most important. Synonym: particular. "She gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"

7.

Added to a regular schedule. Synonym: extra. "Put on special buses for the big game"

noun

1.

A special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising.

2.

A dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant.

3.

A television production that features a particular person or work or topic.

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"Special" Quotes from Famous Books

... clairvoyant penetration into technical problems such as few amateurs have possessed. With all of his wonderful patience towards other men, Franklin had in the realm of scientific experiment something of the typical impatience of the mere dabbler. He was inclined to lose interest in the special problem before it was worked out. His large, tolerant intelligence was often as unorderly as his papers and accounts. He was a wonderful colonial Jack-of-all-trades; with a range of suggestion, a resourcefulness, a knack of assimilation, a cosmopolitan many-sidedness, which has left us perpetually ...

— The American Mind - The E. T. Earl Lectures • Bliss Perry

... but effort, not facility, but difficulty, makes men. Toilsome culture is the price of great success, and the slow growth of a great character is one of its special necessities. Many of ...

— Architects of Fate - or, Steps to Success and Power • Orison Swett Marden

... isn't," said Kit, who had no special interest in any advocate named James. "But to get back to the man in the cell over there and the ammunition, may I ask if he confided to you anything of that place of storage? ...

— The Treasure Trail - A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine • Marah Ellis Ryan

... contemporary art of Venice and the Veneto an influence not less strong of its kind than that which radiated from Leonardo over Milan and the adjacent regions during his Milanese period. The latter not only stamped his art on the works of his own special school, but fascinated in the long run the painters of the specifically Milanese group which sprang from Foppa and Borgognone—such men as Ambrogio de' Predis, Bernardino de' Conti, and, indeed, the somewhat later Bernardino Luini himself. To the fashion for the Bellinesque ...

— The Earlier Work of Titian • Claude Phillips

... of their unwieldiness and size it is being urged that motor charabancs should be required to carry a special form of hooter, to be sounded only when there is no room for a vehicle coming in the other direction to pass. A more elaborate system of signals is also suggested, notably two short squawks and a long groan, to signify "My ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 4th, 1920 • Various

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