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Specific Spəˈsɪfɪk Type Collected Adjective Needs/Requirements Patients Suffer

Word3 specific
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /spəˈsɪfɪk/ /spəˈsɪfɪk/
Example
  • specific needs/requirements
  • patients who suffer from a specific type of cancer
  • the money was collected for a specific purpose.
  • specific problems/issues
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specific

(adjective)/spəˈsɪfɪk/ /spəˈsɪfɪk/
  1. connected with one particular thing only
    • SYNONYM particular
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/particular_2
    • specific needs/requirements
    • patients who suffer from a specific type of cancer
    • The money was collected for a specific purpose.
    • specific problems/issues
    • a specific location/task/case
    • children with specific learning difficulties (= in one area only)

    Extra Examples

    • I know that this is not your specific area of expertise.
    • Each debate will focus on a specific political issue.
    • children’s television programmes aimed at a specific age group
    • a specific target/goal
  2. detailed and exact
    • SYNONYM precise
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/precise
    • specific information/details/examples/questions
    • ‘I'd like your help tomorrow.’ ‘Can you be more specific (= tell me exactly what you want)?’
    • The regulations make specific reference to the transmission of personal data over a network.
    • I gave you specific instructions.
    • He was not specific about his plans.

    Extra Examples

    • Can you be a little more specific in your instructions?
    • Highly specific instructions were issued.
    • She was quite specific about the type she wanted.
    • issuing a highly specific set of instructions
    • We try to meet the specific requirements of our clients.
  3. existing only in one place or limited to one thing
    • SYNONYM peculiar
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/peculiar
    • a belief that is specific to this part of Africa
    • These heart issues are specific to women.
    • These values are culturally specific, not naturally given.

    Word Origin

    • mid 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘having a special determining quality’): from late Latin specificus, from Latin species ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’.
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