speciality
Americannoun
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specialities
plural
noun
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a special interest or skill
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a service or product specialized in, as at a restaurant
roast beef was a speciality of the house
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( as modifier )
a speciality dish
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a special or distinguishing feature or characteristic
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Etymology
Origin of speciality
1400–50; late Middle English specialite < Late Latin speciālitās; see specialty
Vocabulary lists containing speciality
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France's 10,000 medical students, however, are beginning to express concern at the effect any continued school blockades could have on exams starting Monday that help determine their eventual speciality.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Trotter also continued to play with woven leather, a speciality of the Italian house, on a trench coat for men and on tall boots for women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
"We have ham, pickled garlic, tahini, and stinky tofu and liquor. Just below my office is a shop whose speciality is vodka, foie gras and apple in one scoop," says Yan.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her biting and formally audacious narratives examine class, politics and — a speciality — the interiority of women through enigmatic portraits of psychologically complex individuals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Her speciality was turning out to be the effects of Biosafety Level 4 hot agents, and in the presence of those kinds of agents you need to wear a space suit.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
While robotic surgery within urology was the first type of robotic surgery in Northern Ireland, the use of robots is expanding to other specialities such as colorectal, upper gastro-intestinal and gynaecology procedures.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“The number of people we can help is accelerating rapidly,” Chief Executive Andrew Dudum said, noting the company is expanding to new specialities at a quicker pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Author Fabcaro and illustrator Didier Conrad have opted for a classic storytelling blend of fights, dirty tricks, local specialities -- and an encounter with Caesar himself.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
The seven-day service brings together a range of specialities, including oncology, physiotherapy, palliative care and radiology, to ensure decisions are made quickly.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
Moreover, such specialities of structure as are due to specialities of function, are usually entangled with specialities which are, or may be, due to selection, natural or artificial.
From Herbert Spencer by J. Arthur (John Arthur) Thomson
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