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specific
English
Alternative forms
- specifick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular”), from Latin speci?s (“kind”) + faci? (“make”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, UK) IPA(key): /sp??s?f.?k/, /sp??s?f.?k/
- Rhymes: -?f?k
- Hyphenation: spe?cif?ic
Adjective
specific (comparative more specific, superlative most specific)
- explicit or definite
- (sciences) pertaining to a species
- 2008, Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, Oxford 2009, p. 3:
- Science and literature, then, are the two achievements of Homo sapiens that most convincingly justify the specific name.
- 2008, Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, Oxford 2009, p. 3:
- (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
- special, distinctive or unique
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- a highly specific test, specific and nonspecific symptoms
- being a remedy for a particular disease
- Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
- (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
- (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
- (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
Synonyms
- (explicit, definite): express, monosemous, unambiguous; see also Thesaurus:explicit
- (special, distinctive or unique): singular; see also Thesaurus:unique
- (intended for a particular thing): peculiar, singular; see also Thesaurus:specific
Antonyms
- unspecific, nonspecific
- (intended for a particular thing): broad, general, generic, universal; see also Thesaurus:generic
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- generic
Noun
specific (plural specifics)
- A distinguishing attribute or quality.
- A remedy for a specific disease or condition.
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
- I had no unreasonable fear of bats, […] yet I knew them too for carriers of the dread “Hydrophobia,” for which there was no specific.
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
- Specification
- (in the plural) The details; particulars.
Further reading
- specific in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- specific in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- specific at OneLook Dictionary Search
Romanian
Etymology
From French spécifique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spe?t??i.fik/
Adjective
specific m or n (feminine singular specific?, masculine plural specifici, feminine and neuter plural specifice)
- specific
- Antonym: nespecific
Declension
Related terms
- specificitate
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marked
English
Etymology 1
mark (“sign, characteristic, visible impression”) +? -ed
Alternative forms
- markèd
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??k?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /m??kt/
- (some North American dialects, adjective: clearly evident): IPA(key): /?m??k?d/, /?m??k?d/
Adjective
marked (comparative more marked, superlative most marked)
- Having a visible or identifying mark.
- (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
- Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
- (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.
- e.g. in author and authoress, the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.
- Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
- (of a police vehicle) In police livery, as opposed to unmarked.
Usage notes
- This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written markèd, with a grave accent. This is meant to indicate that the second e is pronounced as /?/, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.
Synonyms
- (having a visible or identifying mark): See also Thesaurus:marked
- (clearly evident): manifest, noticeable, obtrusive, palpable, patent
- (distinguished by a positive feature):
- (singled out): singled out, targeted
- (in police livery):
Antonyms
- unmarked
Hyponyms
- pockmarked
Translations
Etymology 2
mark (“verb senses”) +? -ed
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??kt/
- Rhymes: -??(r)kt
Verb
marked
- simple past tense and past participle of mark
Anagrams
- demark
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse markaðr, marknaðr (“market”), from northern Old French market, from Old French marchiet, from Latin merc?tus (“market”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål marked, Swedish marknad, Faroese marknaður, Icelandic markaður.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mark?d/, [?m????ð?]
Noun
marked n (singular definite markedet, plural indefinite markeder)
- market
- fair
- emporium
Declension
Further reading
- “marked” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “marked” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin mercatus, via Old French market and Old Norse markaðr and marknaðr
Noun
marked n (definite singular markedet, indefinite plural marked or markeder, definite plural markeda or markedene)
- a market
Derived terms
See also
- marknad (Nynorsk)
References
- “marked” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
marked From the web:
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- what marked the beginning of self-government in colonial america
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