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1. specific
adjective. ['spəˈsɪfɪk, spɪˈsɪfɪk'] (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- specifique (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- specificus (Latin)
Rhymes with Specific
- pseudoscientific
- transpacific
- unscientific
- hieroglyphic
- autopacific
- scientific
- prolific
- pacific
- horrific
- honorific
- terrific
How do you pronounce specific?
Pronounce specific as spɪˈsɪfɪk.
US - How to pronounce specific in American English
UK - How to pronounce specific in British English
How do you spell specific? Is it specifical ?
A common misspelling of specific is specifical
Sentences with specific
1. Adjective
You need to be specific and include only issues you are about to include in your paper.
Quotes about specific
1. I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
- Oprah Winfrey
2. The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.
- Walter Kirn
3. People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think this may be specific to L.A. - or America.
- Isabel Lucas
2. specific
adjective. ['spəˈsɪfɪk, spɪˈsɪfɪk'] stated explicitly or in detail.
Antonyms
Etymology
- specifique (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- specificus (Latin)
