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IPA transcription: [s'pɛʃəlɪst]

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Noun

  • an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

  • practices one branch of medicine

Usage examples

  • Buergenthal is a specialist in international law and human rights law.
  • "Specialists call such a boom in returns a humanitarian catastrophe," she added.
  • It has Technology and Media Arts College specialist school status, and is an academy.
  • After parting with Mercury, he signed with the specialist Irish music label "Emerald".
  • Lichtenberg was the first astronaut to serve as a Payload Specialist.
  • Hockin was also a specialist in Canadian parliamentary organization and Canadian foreign policy.
  • The Specialist Operations Directorate comprises two Commands.
  • They are specialist predators of small invertebrates such as collembola.
  • They also provide the Department with its doctors and medical specialists.
  • This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.