specializeverb [ I ]
UK usually specialise uk/ˈspeʃ.əl.aɪz/us/ˈspeʃ.ə.laɪz/B2 to spend most of your time studying one particular subject or doing one type of business:
She hired a lawyer who specializes in divorce cases.
a restaurant that specializes in seafood
I enjoy working in general medicine, but I hope to be able to specialize in the future.
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- These nurses specialize in the care of the dying.
- US marshals specialize in finding fugitives and escapees.
- The company specializes in customized computer systems.
- She specializes in historical novels set in 18th-century England.
- He specializes in breeding large dogs such as Irish wolfhounds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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