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• v  devote oneself to a special area of work
• v  be specific about
• v  suit to a special purpose
• v  become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
• v  evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
• a  developed or designed for a special activity or function

• The game is divided into three sections with three contestants in the studio pitting their wits on general European knowledge, specialised subjects such as sport, show business .

• specialize
• specialise
• specify
• particularize
• particularise
• narrow
• narrow down
• speciate
• differentiate
• specialized

• generalize
• diversify
• unspecialized

News & Articles

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• Gauging the scale of the post-PC opportunity: "Mobile Is Eating The World"
  Speaking at All Things D in 2010, Steve Jobs famously predicted that " PCs are going to be like trucks ": specialised devices that only appeal to people with particular demands of their computing experience while ordinary people would come to prefer smartphones and tablets for all their computing activities. Last month, Enders Analysis consultant Benedict Evans gave a presentation at BookExpo ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Quotes

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• Liz McIntyre in The Age
  It was scary that a government contractor that specialised in putting surveillance cameras on city streets was the first to incorporate this technology in the workplace,says Liz McIntyre, co-author of Spychips: How Major Corporations and...
• Nobuhiro Tajima in Autocar
  Tajima said: "The mountain is not a place for the feint hearted - it's a very specialised course, long and very challenging with its own unique characteristics that take years to come to terms with. Car set-up is also something that is unique to...
• Chris DeWolfe in AllAfrica.com
  Our partnership with Google allows developers to gain massive distribution without unnecessary specialised development for every platform,said Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace. "This is about helping the start-up spend more...