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Specialise

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



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"Specialise" Quotes from Famous Books



... study of the messenger, then, must be the study of men. He must specialise in human nature, and his understanding must go down into its very depths. Every addition to the volume and accuracy of his knowledge will mean addition of power and competence. Those writers who impress us most are those who understand us best. The physician who most commands our confidence and, ...
— The Message and the Man: - Some Essentials of Effective Preaching • J. Dodd Jackson

... the mutual relations of the chief systems is necessary for those who intend to pursue the study of a particular school. This is also necessary for lay readers interested in philosophy and students of Western philosophy who have no inclination or time to specialise in any Indian system, but who are at the same time interested to know what they can about Indian philosophy. In my two books The Study of Patanjali and Yoga Philosophy in relation to other Indian Systems of Thought I have attempted to interpret the Saemkhya and Yoga ...
— A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 • Surendranath Dasgupta

... bath awaits me!) But I specialise In baths. I will not "like it in my soup," Nor "take five drops before I loop the loop"; Nor will I "find it helps to keep ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 • Various



Words linked to "Specialise" :   generalize, vary, particularize, work, evolve, narrow, specialist, elaborate, exposit, expatiate, enlarge, expand, overspecialize, change, flesh out, expound, alter, dilate, spell out, differentiate, speciate, modify, lucubrate, diversify, specialisation



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