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Specialized

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of specialize.

adj. Highly skilled in a specific field.

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adj. developed or designed for a special activity or function

Word Usage

"Now the GPU is about to take its next big leap to becoming specialized GPGPU (of course, we realize that the term specialized and general purpose are some what contradictory)."

Antonym

generalize

Verb Form

specialized specializes specializing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

modify work evolve

Cross Reference

mention

Form

subspecialize subspecialist speciality specialist subspeciality specialty subspecialty

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

particularize

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

technical sophisticated educational functional relevant diagnostic diverse experimental