Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
Example: We’re running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.
Definition: One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.
Example: Today’s special is our tuna melt on rye.
Definition: Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
Example: Did you see the Christmas special?
Definition: A special constable.
Definition: Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
Example: Thousands came to see the special that carried the President’s coffin.
Definition: Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
Definition: A correspondent; a journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
Definition: A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
Definition: A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
verb
Definition: (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.
adjective
Definition: Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
Example: a special episode of a television series
Definition: Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved.
Example: Everyone is special to someone.
Definition: Of or related to learning or intellectual disabilities.
Example: He goes to a special school.
Definition: Constituting or relating to a species.
Example: The seven dark spots is a special property unique to Coccinella septempunctata.
Definition: Chief in excellence.
Definition: Of or related to unconventional warfare, as in “special forces” and “special operations”.