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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

subspecialize en · VERB

Etymology

From sub- + specialize.

Meanings

  1. To specialize within a particular area of a specialty.
    • Although most collectors subspecialize by genre, whether jazz or classical or country, it’s early American rural blues — loose acoustic laments, recorded before 1935 and performed by artists who were born in or near the Mississippi Delta — that inspires the highest prices and the most fevered pursuits. 2009 July 12, Amanda Petrusich, “They’ve Got Those Old, Hard-to-Find Blues”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
subspecialized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
subspecialized Tense=Past lexicographic
subspecializing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
subspecialise alternative lexicographic
subspecializes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

subspecialist · subspeciality · subspecialty