verb
- Devote oneself to a special area of work.
- usage: "She specializes in honey bees"; "This baker specializes in French bread"
- synonyms: specialize
- Be specific about.
- usage: "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper"
- synonyms: specify, particularize, particularise, specialize
- Suit to a special purpose.
- usage: "specialize one's research"; "this kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches"
- synonyms: specialize
- Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study.
- usage: "She specializes in Near Eastern history"
- synonyms: specialize, narrow, narrow down
- Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment.
- synonyms: speciate, differentiate, specialize
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