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special

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Synonyms: especial, spacial

Antonyms: especial, spacial

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

  1. Distinguished by a [[unique]], [[particular]], or [[unusual]] quality.
  2. Of particular value or interest; [[dear]]; [[beloved]].
  3. {{lb|en|military}} Of or related to [[unconventional]] [[warfare]].
  4. {{lb|en|law}} Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
  5. Constituting or relating to a [[species]].
  6. {{lb|en|euphemistic|not comparable}} Of or related to [[disability|disabilities]], especially [[learning disability|learning]] or [[intellectual disability|intellectual disabilities]].
  7. {{lb|en|euphemistic|not comparable}}

Noun

  1. A [[reduction]] in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
  2. A meal offered only at a certain time by a [[restaurant]], not as a standing fixture of the [[menu]]; often, one of a [[rotation]] of meals [[systematic]]ally offered for a lower [[price]]; also often a dish at a [[nondiscounted]] price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
  3. {{lb|en|broadcasting}} Unusual or exceptional [[episode]] of a [[series]].
  4. {{lb|en|British|colloquial}} A [[special constable]].
  5. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
  6. Any [[unlicensed]] [[medicine]] produced or obtained for a [[specific]] [[individual]] [[patient]].
  7. {{lb|en|pinball}} An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a [[pinball]] game.
  8. {{lb|en|journalism}} A [[journalist]] sent to the scene of an [[event]] to report back.
  9. {{lb|en|journalism}} A [[dispatch#Noun|dispatch]] sent back by a special correspondent.
  10. {{lb|en|theater}} A [[light]] that [[illuminate]]s a specific person or thing on the stage.
  11. One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
  12. A [[racehorse]] predicted to win; a [[sure thing]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|nursing}} To [[supervise]] a [[patient]] [[one-on-one]].

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