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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
specialise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective developed or designed for a special activity or function
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Examples
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Finally, the question as to whether coursebooks will incorporate corpus-based tasks — I see this developing first in specialised language areas such as English for Academic Purposes or English for Legal Purposes.
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At the same time, some Yugoslav publishers begun publishing SF books in specialised editions.
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Probing a dictionary like the OED would be a start, but even that fine database only has a proportion of the highly technical terms and senses found in English specialised dictionaries.
On relevance in advertising DC 2007
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In other words, the modern farmer is becoming more alive to the business possibilities of what may be termed specialised production.
Australia, The Dairy Country Australia. Dept. of External Affairs
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An instinct, in this sense of the term (for example the parental instinct), may be described as a specialised part of the primary tissue of experience differentiated in relation to some definite biological end.
Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880
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Innocent unitl proven guilty, full stop, and without "specialised" juries for alleged rape which would be a preversion of justice as dispesned elsewhere.
No Means NO ! Newmania 2007
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I think the comments about "specialised" media are very good and I don't doubt there will still be a market for this sort of content.
The future of newspapers Mark Reckons 2009
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Actually, I think that science is getting more and more specialised which is a bad thing.
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The report also notes that only 25 per cent of them gain the right kind of specialised help.
Archbishop's speech at House of Lords Debate - Good Childhood Inquiry Report 2009
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The report also notes that only 25 per cent of them gain the right kind of specialised help.
Archbishop's speech at House of Lords Debate - Good Childhood Inquiry Report 2009
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