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SPECIALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does specialisation mean?
• SPECIALISATION (noun)
The noun SPECIALISATION has 3 senses:
1. (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
2. the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
3. the special line of work you have adopted as your career
Familiarity information: SPECIALISATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
differentiation; specialisation; specialization
Context example:
cell differentiation in the developing embryo
Hypernyms ("specialisation" is a kind of...):
adaptation; adaption; adjustment (the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions))
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
specialise (evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
specialisation; specialization
Hypernyms ("specialisation" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Derivation:
specialise (suit to a special purpose)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The special line of work you have adopted as your career
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
specialisation; specialism; speciality; specialization; specialty
Context example:
his specialization is gastroenterology
Hypernyms ("specialisation" is a kind of...):
calling; career; vocation (the particular occupation for which you are trained)
Derivation:
specialise (devote oneself to a special area of work)
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