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Specialize   /spˈɛʃəlˌaɪz/   Listen
Specialize

verb
1.
Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study.  Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialise.
2.
Be specific about.  Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specify.
3.
Suit to a special purpose.  Synonym: specialise.  "This kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches"
4.
Devote oneself to a special area of work.  Synonym: specialise.  "This baker specializes in French bread"
5.
Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment.  Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, speciate.



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"Specialize" Quotes from Famous Books



... sound means anything. However, trust even a deaf woman to prick up her ears when a compliment is headed her way, whether it is in Sanskrit or Polynesian. In acknowledgment I stuck to my flag, and the man's command of quaint but correct English convinced me that I would have to specialize in something more than first thought if I was to cope with this tea-house proprietor whose armor is the subtle manners ...
— The Lady and Sada San - A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration • Frances Little

... happen, if business risks were mainly of that objective kind in which the insurance companies specialize; for then we could assume that the chances of success or failure would be estimated reasonably. But, in fact, most business risks, not being of this kind, must be estimated by processes of human judgment, which are very fallible. And ...
— Supply and Demand • Hubert D. Henderson

... fundamentally resemble her sister Lise, despite a fancied superiority, did occasionally shake her and bring about a revulsion against Ditmar. Janet's problem was in truth, though she failed so to specialize it, the supreme problem of our time: what is the path to self-realization? how achieve ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... only exalted him to the high position he has since occupied in the minds of his numerous disciples, but enabled them in turn to exploit successfully this new source of power and wealth. From that time the Taoist sect began to specialize in the art of healing. Protecting or curing talismans bearing the Master's seal were purchased for enormous sums. It is thus seen that he was after all a deceiver of the people, and unbelievers or rival partisans of other sects have dubbed him ...
— Myths and Legends of China • E. T. C. Werner

... took place after he went to Oxford, where he was able to specialize more; in fact where he could study what he most affected. It is, I feel sure, from his Oxford life more than from his life in Ireland that one would be able to trace the good and bad features by which he afterwards attracted the attention ...
— Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) - His Life and Confessions • Frank Harris


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