(~s, specializing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in BRIT, also use 'specialise'
If you ~ in a thing, you know a lot about it and concentrate a great deal of your time and energy on it, especially in your work or when you are studying or training. You also use ~ to talk about a restaurant which concentrates on a particular type of food.
...a University professor who ~s in the history of the Russian empire.
...a Portuguese restaurant which ~s in seafood.
VERB: V in n, V in n
specialization (specializations)
This degree offers a major specialisation in Social Policy alongside a course in Sociology.
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