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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’." }