Specialty - English meaning

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

noun

A flexible container with an opening at the top, used for carrying things.

Usage examples:

He arrived at the children's ward carrying a bag full of toys for the young patients

verb

Put (something) in a bag.

Usage examples:

Customers bagged their own groceries

noun

A soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods

Usage examples:

A paper/plastic bag, a bag of apples/nuts, don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contai…

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

Usage examples:

A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

Usage examples:

The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

phrase

A reason for being regarded as unusual or noteworthy.

Usage examples:

The town's only claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of elgar

idiom

A reason why someone or something is famous

Usage examples:

This little town’s claim to fame is that a president was born here.

idiom

An activity that you like or at which you are superior

idiom

If something is not your cup of tea, it is not the type of thing that you like

Usage examples:

Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn't really my cup of tea.

noun

A division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity.

Usage examples:

The council's finance department

noun

Any of the divisions or parts of esp. a school, business, or government

Usage examples:

Chavez is the head of the geography department., the shoe department is on the fifth floor., she li…

noun

One part of a large organization, such as a company or university, that deals with a particular area of work, business, study, etc.

Usage examples:

Run/manage a department, the sales/human resources/finance department, he was previously a lecturer…

noun

A thing at which someone excels.

Usage examples:

Small talk was not his forte

adverb

(especially as a direction) loudly.

Usage examples:

The figure in this bar should be played forte

adjective

Played loudly.

Usage examples:

The pianissimo lightness in the upper strings against the forte melody is perfectly weighted

noun

A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.

Usage examples:

Wedding gifts

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

noun

Gamete intrafallopian transfer, a technique for assisting conception by introducing mixed ova and sperm into a fallopian tube.

Usage examples:

The first successful pregnancy conceived through gift occurred in 1984

noun

A profession or occupation.

Usage examples:

The boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne

noun

The type of work that you have a natural ability to do well

Usage examples:

Although he had been initially reluctant to give up the law, he found his metier in business.

noun

The best and most important or exciting thing, often the last in a series of things

Usage examples:

The pièce de résistance of his stage act was a brilliant barbra streisand impression., the piece de…

noun

The ability to do something well; expertise.

Usage examples:

Difficult work, taking great skill

verb

Train (a worker) to do a particular task.

Usage examples:

Training firms are already seeing a boost from companies looking to skill employees in cloud techno…

noun

A special ability to do something

Usage examples:

[ c ] schools often do not provide students with marketable skills., [ u ] he lacked skill as a pai…

noun

A pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert.

Usage examples:

His speciality was watercolours

noun

The subject of one’s study or work, or a particular skill

Usage examples:

Her specialty is heart surgery., the company’s specialty is high-performance cars., oysters are a l…

noun

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noun

The quality or state of being physically strong.

Usage examples:

Cycling can help you build up your strength

noun

The ability to do things that demand physical effort, or the degree to which something is strong or powerful

Usage examples:

After having surgery, it takes a while to get your strength back., making baskets requires skill mo…

noun

The amount of power or influence that someone or something has

Usage examples:

Advertising revenues in the uk have remained flat, although this has been offset by strength in the…

noun

Natural aptitude or skill.

Usage examples:

He possesses more talent than any other player

noun

A special natural ability to do something well, or people who have this ability

Usage examples:

[ c ] his talents are being wasted in that job., [ u ] the baseball scouts are looking for new tale…

noun

A natural skill or ability

Usage examples:

The successful candidate will have both talent and drive., the company benefited from her expertise…

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

A separate and self-contained entity

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…