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{
"term": "specialize",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "specialize",
"heSheIt": "specializes"
},
"pastSimple": "specialized",
"pastParticiple": "specialized",
"ingForm": "specializing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to become an expert in a particular area of work, study or business; to spend more time on one area of work, etc. than on others",
"sensetop": "specialize in something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many students prefer not to specialize too soon."
},
{
"text": "He specialized in criminal law.",
"contextForm": "specialize in something"
},
{
"text": "The shop specializes in hand-made chocolates."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪz/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specialize__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪzɪz/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specializes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪzd/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specialized__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specializing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪz/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specialize__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪzɪz/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specializes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪzd/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specialized__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspeʃəlaɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "sp/specialize/specializing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French spécialiser, from spécial ‘special’."
}