Synonym: definite, fixed, particular, precise, special. Antonym: general. Similar words: specifically, specify, species, special, specialty, especially, specialist, specialize. Meaning: [spɪ'sɪfɪk] n. 1. a fact about some part (as opposed to general) 2. a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease. adj. 1. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique 2. stated explicitly or in detail 3. relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species 4. being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides.
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31, The specific impact of the greenhouse effect is unknowable.
32, His charge was to obtain specific information.
33, I want a specific answer.
34, This disease is specific to this area.
35, Is there anything specific you want from the shops?
36, The virus attacks specific cells in the brain.
37, I gave you specific instructions.
38, This is a specific for cancer.
39, The minister has the right to answer specific allegations.
40, Quinine is a specific for malaria.
41, Large buildings have specific requirements for fire-brigade access.
42, We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.
43, Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet.
44, The gene is activated by a specific protein.
45, Could you be more specific about what you're looking for?
46, The course had been geared towards the specific needs of its members.
47, Troops have agreed to stay within specific boundaries to avoid confrontations.
48, Thanks to a new EU directive,(www.Sentencedict.com) insecticide labelling will be more specific.
49, The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.
50, What I'm going to do in this lecture is focus on something very specific.
51, Can you be more specific about where your back hurts?
52, One is also able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context.
53, She was not calculating and evidenced no specific interest in money.
54, It is impossible to predetermine every specific problem that we will meet.
55, The money is intended to be used for specific purposes.
56, Their solution was to isolate specific clones of B cells and fuse them with cancer cells.
57, We shall discuss the problem as it relates to our specific case.
58, The council wants to dish the money out to specific projects.
59, They nailed him down to a specific time and place.
60, Needles are inserted into specific acupuncture points in the body.
More similar words: specifically, specify, species, special, specialty, especially, specialist, specialize, terrific, artificial, significant, scientific, significance, significantly, aspect, identification, esterification, suspect, spectrum, prospect, spectacle, speculate, inspector, perspective, inspection, introspect, spectacular, speculation, respectively, with respect to.