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   specific

   /spɪˈsɪfɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. clearly defined or identified: "savings were made by increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs" Similar particularspecifiedcertainfixedsetdetermineddistinctseparatedefinitesingleindividualpeculiardiscreteexpresspreciseOpposite general
   • ▪ precise and clear in making statements or issuing instructions: "when ordering goods be specific" Similar exactaccurateprecisecorrecterror-freepinpointdetailedexplicitexpressclear-cutwell definedunambiguousunequivocalmeticulousclosestrictdefiniteOpposite vague
   • ▪ belonging or relating uniquely to a particular subject: "information needs are often very specific to individuals"
   • 2. relating to species or a species: "the differences between them can only be on the specific level"
   • 3. (of a duty or a tax) levied at a fixed rate per physical unit of the thing taxed, regardless of its price.
   • 4. of or denoting a number equal to the ratio of the value of some property of a given substance to the value of the same property of some other substance used as a reference, such as water, or of a vacuum, under equivalent conditions: "specific dielectric strength"
   • ▪ of or denoting a physical quantity expressed in terms of a unit mass, volume, or other measure, in order to give a value independent of the properties or scale of the particular system studied: "specific conductance"

   noun

   • 1. a medicine or remedy effective in treating a particular disease or part of the body: dated "he grasped at the idea as though she had offered him a specific for cancer"
   • 2. a precise detail: "I wish I'd put more thought into the specifics"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘having a special determining quality’): from late Latin specificus, from Latin species (see species).

   Derivatives

   • 1. specificness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSPECIFIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     relating to one particular thing and not others: A specific...

   • Specific in Japanese

     SPECIFIC translate: 特殊な, 特定の, 正確な, 具体的な, 詳しい, ぴったりの,...

   • Specific in Italian

     SPECIFIC translate: specifico, specifico, esatto, specifico,...

   • Specific in Spanish

     SPECIFIC translate: específico, concreto, preciso,...

   • Specific in Arabic

     SPECIFIC translate: مُعَيَّن / مُحَدَّد, دَقيق. Learn more...

   • Simplified

     SPECIFIC translate: 特有的, 特定的；特有的, 确切的, 明确的；确切的；具体的. Learn...

   • Non-Specific

     NON-SPECIFIC definition: 1. A non-specific disease or...

   • Specific Gravity

     SPECIFIC GRAVITY definition: 1. the mass of a particular...

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   Specific definition: having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite. See examples of SPECIFIC used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPECIFIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   If you describe something as specific, you're signaling that you're being precise. Say you ask your friend to meet you at a specific time and place — it means you want to meet her at, say, Ray's Pizza at 3:00 PM, not just anywhere. Specific also means "detailed and exact."

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishspecific adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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