specific
//spɪˈsɪf.ɪk//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more specific
- Superlative
- most specific
- Plural
- specifics
Definitions
1.Explicit or definite.
2.Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- Science and literature, then, are the two achievements of Homo sapiens that most convincingly justify the specific name.
3.Special, distinctive or unique.
- A psychologist told WJLA TV that, for the most part, this isn’t a Cocomelon-specific issue. The main issue is too much screen time and children's shows with fast-paced sequences.
4.intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
1.A distinguishing attribute or quality.
2.Specification
3.The details; particulars.
4.A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
- A compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.
- I had no unreasonable fear of bats, […] yet I knew them too for carriers of the dread “Hydrophobia,” for which there was no specific.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #952
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Old French specifique
From Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”)
From Latin speciēs (“kind”) + -ific.