specialize

Other forms of specialize

past tense

specialized·

present participle

specializing·

third person

specializes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about specialize

What does specialize mean?

specialize means "become more focused on an area of activity or field of study". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in specialize?

specialize has 3 syllables: spec-ia-lize. The stress falls on "spec". In IPA it is /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for specialize?

Close synonyms include specialise, narrow, narrow down, specify, particularize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of specialize?

The recorded antonyms are diversify.

Is specialize a common word?

specialize is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with specialize?

83 words rhyme with specialize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.