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Speciality

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A distinguishing mark or feature.

n. Special points of consideration; particulars.

n. Chiefly British A specialty.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. That in which one specialises; a chosen expertise or talent.

n. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.

n. See Specialty, 3.

n. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.

n. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A special characteristic or attribute; a distinctive feature, property, or quality; a condition or circumstance especially distinguishing a class or an individual.

n. A special matter or thing; a characteristic or distinctive object, pursuit, diversion, operation, product, or the like; a specialty. See specialty, 6.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the special line of work you have adopted as your career

n. an asset of special worth or utility

n. a distinguishing trait

Word Usage

"An academic whose research speciality is deep-sea fish, Mathilde, has a hobby of following people round the city."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

vocation career calling

Variant

specialty

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

particularity specialty

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

banality bestiality brutality centrality collegiality

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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