specific

[spəˈsɪfɪk]

Definition:
1. Detailed and exact.
2. Connected with one particular thing only.
3. Existing only in one place or limited to one thing.

Use 'specific' in a sentence:

• 1. Each teacher will run a different workshop that covers a specific area of the language.
• 2. Things improved when we got down to the specifics.
• 3. List in the spaces below the specific changes you have made.
• 4. Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.
• 5. I asked him to be more specific.
• 6. Some specific problems have yet to be solved.
• 7. There are several specific problems to be dealt with.
• 8. So there wasn't any plan and there was no specific training.
• 9. No specific date was given.
• 10. Do something specific to help those in need.
• 11. Williams answered that he had no specific proposals yet.
• 12. Specific groups may be formed to address specific issues.
• 13. The debate revolves around specific accounting techniques.
• 14. She was not calculating and evidenced no specific interest in money.
• 15. Troops have agreed to stay within specific boundaries to avoid confrontations.
• 16. Here I think it is appropriate to draw your attention to one very specific feature of socialism.
• 17. Some of them do have specific hardware and software requirements.
• 18. So each color had a specific symbolic value.
• 19. Small companies can do extremely well if they can fill a specific market niche.
• 20. Their specific task is to sort through the reams of information and try to determine what it means.
• 21. I gave you specific instructions.
• 22. Okay, that's the broad plan ─ let's get down to the specifics.
• 23. The gene is activated by a specific protein.
• 24. Later in this chapter, I recommend several specific steps we need to take.
• 25. The council wants to dish the money out to specific projects.
• 26. The student is invited to test each item for himself by means of specific techniques.
• 27. Thanks to a new directive, food labelling will be more specific.
• 28. Afternoon groups relate to the specific addictions and problems therein.
• 29. His charge was to obtain specific information.
• 30. The other banks are going to be very eager to help, provided that they see that he has a specific plan.
• 31. I suggest you ask him some specific questions about his past.
• 32. Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far.
• 33. The course had been geared towards the specific needs of its members.
• 34. We shall discuss the problem as it relates to our specific case.
• 35. She says she'll come, but I can't nail her down to a specific time.
• 36. Massage may help to increase blood flow to specific areas of the body.
• 37. Surfwatch allows parents to prohibit access to specific web sites, newsgroups, and bulletin boards.
• 38. This report offered the most specific and accurate description of the problems.
• 39. One is also able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context.
• 40. The project must be completed within a specific time span.
• 41. But I bet you imagine specific ingredients.
• 42. What I'm going to do in this lecture is focus on something very specific.
• 43. The specific impact of the greenhouse effect is unknowable.
• 44. Special programmes of study are tailored to the needs of specific groups.
• 45. The money was collected for a specific purpose.