Collocations for "specific"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "specific" in context.
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specific
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- [has, holds, ask for] specific [information, details, data] (about)
- the [information] is specific to
- [is, will be] of specific interest to
- specific [students, users, workers, members]
- only [affects, applies to, concerns] specific [students]
- a specific [amount, quantity, quality, number] (of)
- in specific [areas, regions, places, towns]
- is specific to (only) this [area]
- (the illness) is specific to [Eastern Africa, young children]
- is confined to a specific [area]
- are specific to certain areas
- only [found, present] in specific [areas]
- (the) specific [needs, tastes, requirements] (of)
- [designed] to meet the specific needs of
- [designed, intended, made, developed] for specific use
- has a specific use
- only in very specific cases
- [came, phoned, did it] for a specific reason
- for the specific purpose of
- made a specific reference to
- a [subject, gender, patient] -specific approach (to)
- [left, gave, followed] specific [guidelines, instructions, orders]
- place a specific [emphases, stress, focus] on
- is [very, extremely] specific
- Can you (please) be more specific?
- need you to be more specific (about)
- [there's, it's] nothing specific, but
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'specific' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
emphasize
- mention
- target
- author
- characteristic
- detail
- emphasis
- feeling
- general
- instance
- training
- tool
- need
- message
- breed
- genre
- grading
- clause
- denial
- entity
- allocation
- guidance
- guideline
- nowhere
- detailed
- license
- deploy
- website
- timeline
- subset
- profession
- motive
- cite
