"specialise" meaning in All languages combined

See specialise on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specialize.wav [UK] Forms: specialise [canonical], specialises [third-person, singular], specialised [past], specialised [past, participle], specialising [present, participle]
Etymology: special + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|special|ise}} special + -ise Head templates: {{verb|specialis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you specialise in something, you are an expert of a particular subject, skill or field.
    Sense id: simple-specialise-en-verb-A6-9I3aI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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