"specialise" meaning in English

See specialise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: specialises [present, singular, third-person], specialising [participle, present], specialised [participle, past], specialised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} specialise (third-person singular simple present specialises, present participle specialising, simple past and past participle specialised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of specialize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: specialize
    Sense id: en-specialise-en-verb-7OLZwWa0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for specialise meaning in English (1.3kB)

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