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Verb specialize has 5 senses
- specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down - become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"
--1 is one way to change, alter, vary
Antonyms: diversify, branch out, broaden
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
--2 is one way to elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- specialize, specialise - suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"
--3 is one way to modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- specialize, specialise - devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis"
--4 is one way to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- speciate, differentiate, specialize, specialise - evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
--5 is one way to evolve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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