specialty

Definitions

1. That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick
2. That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.
   Australia, Canada, US
3. A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place
4. A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.
   Australia, Canada, US
5. Particularity
6. Particularity.
   Australia, Canada, US, obsolete
7. A particular or peculiar case
8. A particular or peculiar case.
   Australia, Canada, US
9. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species
10. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
    Australia, Canada, US
11. A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
    Australia, Canada, US

Equivalents

28 more languages

العربيةاختصاصالخاصيةتخصصخاصيةخصوصية+ 2 more

Azərbaycan diliixtisas

Bosanskispecijalitetspecijalnostособинаспецијалитетспецијалност+ 2 more

Catalàespecialitat

Češtinaspecialita

Ελληνικάειδικότητα

فارسیتخصص

Suomierikoisalaerikoistapauserikoisuuserityispiirreerityisyysleipälajispesialiteetti+ 4 more

Hrvatskispecijalitetspecijalnostособинаспецијалитетспецијалност+ 2 more

Magyarkülönlegesség

Հայերենմասնագիտություն

Bahasa Indonesiaspesialitastuah

Italianospecialità

日本語うりものえものめいさんめいぶつ名物名産専専門特技+ 6 more

한국어장기특기특산물

Kurdîixtisas

Македонскиособеностособинаспецијалност

मराठीखासियतविशेषता

Nederlandsspecialiteitterrein

Polskispecjalizacjaspecjalnośćwyjątkowość

Portuguêsespecialidade

Русскийспециализацияспециальность

Српскиspecijalitetspecijalnostособинаспецијалитетспецијалност+ 2 more

Svenskaspecialitéspecialitet

Tagalogkatangian

Türkçehususiyet

Українськаспеціальність

Tiếng Việtchuyên khoachuyên ngànhđặc sảnnghiệp vụ+ 1 more

Examples

“Near-synonym: discipline”

“medical specialty”

“academic specialty”

“They cook⟳ well overall, but their true specialty is pasta.”

“The doctor ordered a consultation with another doctor in a different specialty.”

“Even men of boundless knowledge, like⟳ Humboldt, must have⟳ had once their speciality, their pet subject, or they would have⟳, strictly speaking, no knowledge at all.”

“regional specialty”

“house specialty”

“The specialty of rule⟳ hath been neglected: And, look⟳, how many Grecian tents do stand⟳ Hollow upon this plain, so many hollow factions.”

“Let⟳ specialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, That couenants may be kept on either hand.”

“1812, Joseph Chitty, A Treatise on Pleading, with a Collection of Practical Precedents, and Notes Thereon, 2nd American edition, edited by Thomas Day, New York, Volume 2, section 456, note⟳ c, […] in a plea to an action of debt on specialty, it is still necessary to show⟳ that the debt on which the judgment was recovered was a specialty, or to aver that the judgment was recovered before the defendant had notice⟳ of the plaintiff’s demand⟳.”

CEFR level