Grep  of  noun  specific 
  prostate  specific  antigen 
  specific 
  specific  gravity 
  specific  heat 
  specific  performance 
  specification 
  specificity 
 
  Overview  of  noun  specific 
 
  The  noun  specific  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  particular,  specific  --  (a  fact  about  some  part  (as  opposed  to  general);  "he  always  reasons  from  the  particular  to  the  general") 
  2.  specific  --  (a  medicine  that  has  a  mitigating  effect  on  a  specific  disease;  "quinine  is  a  specific  for  malaria") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  specific 
 
  The  adj  specific  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (41)  specific  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  applying  to  or  characterized  by  or  distinguishing  something  particular  or  special  or  unique;  "rules  with  specific  application";  "demands  specific  to  the  job";  "a  specific  and  detailed  account  of  the  accident") 
  2.  (5)  specific  --  (stated  explicitly  or  in  detail;  "needed  a  specific  amount") 
  3.  (1)  specific  --  (relating  to  or  distinguishing  or  constituting  a  taxonomic  species;  "specific  characters") 
  4.  specific  --  ((med  and  pathology)  being  or  affecting  a  disease  produced  by  a  particular  microorganism  or  condition;  used  also  of  stains  or  dyes  used  in  making  microscope  slides;  "quinine  is  highly  specific  for  malaria";  "a  specific  remedy";  "a  specific  stain  is  one  having  a  specific  affinity  for  particular  structural  elements) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  specific 
 
  3  of  4  senses  of  specific 
 
  Sense  1 
  specific  (vs.  general)  (vs.  nonspecific) 
 
  general  (vs.  specific) 
  =>  as  a  whole(predicate),  at  large(predicate),  in  general(predicate) 
  =>  at-large(predicate) 
  =>  broad,  unspecific 
  =>  generalized,  generalised 
  =>  general-purpose,  all-purpose 
  =>  generic 
  =>  gross 
  =>  mass,  large-scale 
  =>  miscellaneous 
  =>  overall 
  =>  pandemic 
  =>  pervading,  pervasive 
  =>  widespread 
  =>  plain,  popular 
  nonspecific  (vs.  specific)  (vs.  specific) 
 
  Sense  2 
  specific 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  specified)  ->  unspecified 
 
  Sense  4 
  specific  (vs.  nonspecific) 
 
  nonspecific  (vs.  specific)  (vs.  specific) 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  specific 
 
  4  senses  of  specific 
 
  Sense  1 
  specific  (vs.  general)  (vs.  nonspecific) 
  =>  ad  hoc 
  =>  circumstantial 
  =>  limited,  special 
  =>  particular(postnominal),  peculiar(postnominal),  special(postnominal) 
  =>  particular(postnominal) 
  =>  particularized,  particularised 
  =>  proper(predicate) 
  =>  unique(prenominal) 
  Also  See->  precise#1;  specialized#1,  specialised#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  specific 
  =>  specified  (vs.  unspecified) 
 
  Sense  3 
  specific 
  Pertains  to  noun  species  (Sense  1) 
  =>species 
  =>  taxonomic  group  taxon 
 
  Sense  4 
  specific  (vs.  nonspecific) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  specific 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  specific 
 
  Sense  1 
  specific  (vs.  general)  (vs.  nonspecific) 
  =>  generality 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  specific 
 
  specific  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  specific 
  conspecific 
  interspecific 
  intraspecific 
  nonspecific 
  specific 
  unspecific 
 
  Overview  of  noun  specific 
 
  The  noun  specific  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  particular,  specific  --  (a  fact  about  some  part  (as  opposed  to  general);  "he  always  reasons  from  the  particular  to  the  general") 
  2.  specific  --  (a  medicine  that  has  a  mitigating  effect  on  a  specific  disease;  "quinine  is  a  specific  for  malaria") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  specific 
 
  The  adj  specific  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (41)  specific  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  applying  to  or  characterized  by  or  distinguishing  something  particular  or  special  or  unique;  "rules  with  specific  application";  "demands  specific  to  the  job";  "a  specific  and  detailed  account  of  the  accident") 
  2.  (5)  specific  --  (stated  explicitly  or  in  detail;  "needed  a  specific  amount") 
  3.  (1)  specific  --  (relating  to  or  distinguishing  or  constituting  a  taxonomic  species;  "specific  characters") 
  4.  specific  --  ((med  and  pathology)  being  or  affecting  a  disease  produced  by  a  particular  microorganism  or  condition;  used  also  of  stains  or  dyes  used  in  making  microscope  slides;  "quinine  is  highly  specific  for  malaria";  "a  specific  remedy";  "a  specific  stain  is  one  having  a  specific  affinity  for  particular  structural  elements) 

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