verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a restaurant specializes in sth
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Restaurants near the waterfront tend to specialize in seafood.
technical/specialized vocabulary
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The instructions were full of technical vocabulary.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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Essentially, each code word is a separate, highly specialized entity.
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In large organizations, their duties may be highly specialized .
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Jochen Schleese might be described as a highly specialized custom tailor.
in
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Some market research companies specialize in providing audits of the trends in sales of particular product types across all manufacturers.
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Now, they specialize in one-liners.
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Some cost estimators now specialize in only estimating computer software development and related costs.
more
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Although there is little agreement about their role, they seem to have had slightly more specialized duties.
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Only a third of the curriculum is devoted to more specialized training for specific occupations or companies.
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Amongst the term's more specialized medieval uses, however, is a sense that it shares with its Latin ancestor fabula.
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The two hemispheres of the brain become more different and more specialized in boys.
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Such as: If your needs are more specialized try a search engine, or scan Deja.com for an appropriate newsgroup.
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That automatically takes it out of the realm of a mass-market film to something more specialized .
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Their members were more specialized: a growing proportion of them had no medical background.
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In especially difficult or puzzling cases, a more specialized evaluation may be conducted by an occupational or physical therapist.
■ NOUN
agency
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He had wanted the Agency to specialize in political cases.
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Y., travel agency specializing in cruises.
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Private agencies generally specialize in clerical and secretarial work and may want to test your speeds, so be prepared for this.
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The new agency will specialize in online advertising, which Goodby refuses to do.
area
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However, several may be assigned to large, complex projects, particularly because inspectors specialize in different areas of construction.
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Many administrators develop great expertise within their specialized areas .
business
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Some of the more robust products offer specialized services for businesses , such as direct payroll deposit and cash concentration.
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The increasingly specialized worlds of business , medicine, politics and technology are fueling the explosion of abbreviations.
company
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But the company , which specialized in minicomputers, failed to capitalize on the switch to personal computers.
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Some market research companies specialize in providing audits of the trends in sales of particular product types across all manufacturers.
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All its scientific equipment is leased from a venture company that specializes in providing such equipment.
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To keep track of all the various product lines, companies structured according to specialized functions.
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There are private companies who specialize in these services and who, incidentally, also have dedicated people working for them.
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The company specializes in office furniture, according to owner Sandy Norby.
computer
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In a few years it will be clearer whether specialized network computers really do offer any other advantages.
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Students are studying with the help of specialized computer reading programs.
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A variety of area computer stores specialize in refitting older computers with new components.
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Some cost estimators now specialize in only estimating computer software development and related costs.
firm
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Co. investment firm specializes in vulture investing.
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One reason Smith Barney trails in sales is that the firm has long specialized in selling stocks, not taxable bonds.
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The firm specializes in technology companies, which have poured into the market this year.
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After interviewing numerous consultants, the glass company selected a firm that specialized in systematic performance improvement.
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The firm specializes in real estate, banking, financial and other services.
law
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Most applicants are represented by a barrister or solicitor specializing in transport law .
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The United States sees intellectual property rights as sacred, said Thomas Klitgaard, an attorney specializing in international law .
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None of the committee members in these crucial years specialized in criminal law or family law.
lawyer
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Dan Mulligan, a San Francisco lawyer who specializes in handling lending and foreclosure cases, agreed that homeowners shared responsibility.
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Many lawyers who specialize in estate planning say they are aware of the filing procedure but seldom use it.
service
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There are private companies who specialize in these services and who, incidentally, also have dedicated people working for them.
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Some of the more robust products offer specialized services for businesses, such as direct payroll deposit and cash concentration.
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Some specialize in specific financial services .
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The corporation provides travel agents with specialized services that can be configured according to the needs of the marketplace or the customer.
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MasterWord specializes in providing services on call, 24 hours a day, in 40 languages.
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Generally, a contractor is the firm under contract to provide specialized construction services .
■ VERB
become
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Today, as activism becomes more and more specialized , the danger is of connections disappearing.
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As Trantor becomes more specialized , it becomes more vulnerable, less able to defend itself.
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Each tends to become specialized and is not readily integrated with the others.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Civil servants are non-political, anonymous, discreet and specialize in a particular sphere of public business.
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He had wanted the Agency to specialize in political cases.
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Hollington Architects Inc., specializes in institutional design, such as schools and churches.
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Later he specialized in war photography for magazines such as Life, Time, and Newsweek, winning a number of awards.
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They specialize in providing branch banking facilities to individuals.
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They specialize in the big picture and are no good at details.