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English adjective: specific | |||
| 1. | specific (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique | ||
| Samples | Rules with specific application. Demands specific to the job. A specific and detailed account of the accident. | ||
| Similar | ad hoc, circumstantial, limited, particular, particular, particularised, particularized, peculiar, proper, special, special, unique | ||
| See also | precise, specialised, specialized | ||
| Attribute | generality | ||
| Antonyms | general, nonspecific | ||
| 2. | specific stated explicitly or in detail | ||
| Samples | Needed a specific amount. | ||
| Similar | specified | ||
| Antonyms | unspecified | ||
| 3. | specific relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species | ||
| Samples | Specific characters. | ||
| 4. | specific being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides | ||
| Samples | Quinine is highly specific for malaria. A specific remedy. A specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements. | ||
| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine, pathology | ||
| Antonyms | nonspecific | ||
English noun: specific | |||
| 1. | specific (cognition) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | ||
| Samples | He always reasons from the particular to the general. | ||
| Synonyms | particular | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fact | ||
| Antonyms | general | ||
| 2. | specific (artifact) a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease | ||
| Samples | Quinine is a specific for malaria. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | ||
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