Specific
adjective
Clearly and exactly presented or stated.
She gave me specific instructions
Often appears as...
- specific instructions
- specific requirements
adjective
Connected with one particular thing only.
The money is intended for specific projects
Often appears as...
- specific projects
- specific problems
adjective
Special, individual, or distinct.
Each of the exercises targets a specific muscle group
Often appears as...
- specific muscle
- specific population
adjective
Relate to a substance's weight compared to the weight of an equal volume of water.
This process uses the difference in specific gravity to separate the lighter soil particles from the heavier mineral grains
Often appears as...
- specific gravity
- specific heat
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Technical
adjective
Clearly and exactly presented or stated.
She gave me specific instructions
Often appears as...
- specific instructions
- specific requirements
adjective
Connected with one particular thing only.
The money is intended for specific projects
Often appears as...
- specific projects
- specific problems
adjective
Special, individual, or distinct.
Each of the exercises targets a specific muscle group
Often appears as...
- specific muscle
- specific population
adjective
Relate to a substance's weight compared to the weight of an equal volume of water.
This process uses the difference in specific gravity to separate the lighter soil particles from the heavier mineral grains
Often appears as...
- specific gravity
- specific heat
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Precision Required
Use 'specific' when accuracy is crucial, like in instructions or information.
Can you provide specific times for the events?
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Vagueness
When clarity is key, 'specific' indicates that no ambiguity is acceptable.
I need a specific list of ingredients for the recipe.
Pro Tip 1/2Precision Required
Use 'specific' when accuracy is crucial, like in instructions or information.
Can you provide specific times for the events?
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Vagueness
When clarity is key, 'specific' indicates that no ambiguity is acceptable.
I need a specific list of ingredients for the recipe.
Pro Tip 1/2Precision Required
Use 'specific' when accuracy is crucial, like in instructions or information.
Can you provide specific times for the events?
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Vagueness
When clarity is key, 'specific' indicates that no ambiguity is acceptable.
I need a specific list of ingredients for the recipe.
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Is math discovered or...
So, is mathematics an invention or a discovery? Artificial construct or universal truth? Human product or natural, possibly divine, creation? These questions are so deep the debate often becomes spiritual in nature. The answer might depend on the specific concept being looked at, but it can all feel like a distorted zen koan.
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How a wound heals itself...
Finally, in the fourth stage of remodeling, the wound matures as the newly deposited collagen is rearranged and converted into specific types. Through this process, which can take over a year, the tensile strength of the new skin is improved, and blood vessels and other connections are strengthened.
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Where do superstitions...
Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. So how did it happen that people all over the world knock on wood, or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks? Well, although they have no basis in science, many of these weirdly specific beliefs and practices
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones, maybe even removing tumors,
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Why political...
having said all that what in the world is the way out of it well there are three possible rays of hope that I can offer you tonight that may unfold if we're lucky over the next few years the first is the big demographic change that's going on in this country specifically with regard
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What is depression? -...
is also very helpful. Other promising treatments, like transcranial magnetic stimulation, are being investigated, too. So, if you know someone struggling with depression, encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options. You might even offer to help with specific tasks,
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Schrödinger's cat: A...
each electron on the far side is detected at a single place at a specific instant, like a particle. But if you repeat this experiment many times, keeping track of all the individual detections, you'll see them trace out a pattern that's characteristic of wave
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The benefits of a...
regardless of accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer. But recent advances in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain.
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Can You Survive...
in deep it had only taken 8 minutes for me to sink down to my waist while this signs around this specific area here saying you know danger quick Sam don't walk here well I work today tomorrow or
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Rethinking infidelity...
and make way for an entirely new kind of truth. So when an affair is exposed, what are some of the specific things that couples can do? We know from trauma that healing begins
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Is math discovered or...
So, is mathematics an invention or a discovery? Artificial construct or universal truth? Human product or natural, possibly divine, creation? These questions are so deep the debate often becomes spiritual in nature. The answer might depend on the specific concept being looked at, but it can all feel like a distorted zen koan.
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
Finally, in the fourth stage of remodeling, the wound matures as the newly deposited collagen is rearranged and converted into specific types. Through this process, which can take over a year, the tensile strength of the new skin is improved, and blood vessels and other connections are strengthened.
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. So how did it happen that people all over the world knock on wood, or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks? Well, although they have no basis in science, many of these weirdly specific beliefs and practices
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones, maybe even removing tumors,
Video examples
Why political...
having said all that what in the world is the way out of it well there are three possible rays of hope that I can offer you tonight that may unfold if we're lucky over the next few years the first is the big demographic change that's going on in this country specifically with regard
Video examples
What is depression? -...
is also very helpful. Other promising treatments, like transcranial magnetic stimulation, are being investigated, too. So, if you know someone struggling with depression, encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options. You might even offer to help with specific tasks,
Video examples
Schrödinger's cat: A...
each electron on the far side is detected at a single place at a specific instant, like a particle. But if you repeat this experiment many times, keeping track of all the individual detections, you'll see them trace out a pattern that's characteristic of wave
Video examples
The benefits of a...
regardless of accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer. But recent advances in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain.
Video examples
Can You Survive...
in deep it had only taken 8 minutes for me to sink down to my waist while this signs around this specific area here saying you know danger quick Sam don't walk here well I work today tomorrow or
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Rethinking infidelity...
and make way for an entirely new kind of truth. So when an affair is exposed, what are some of the specific things that couples can do? We know from trauma that healing begins
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Yara Shahidi
American Actress
There have been moments when I was on a modeling job, and it was the most fantastic thing in the world. And there have been moments where I've realized, 'Okay, I'm ten years old, and I've spent the past six hours outside in the rain.' It taught me how to be specific about what kinds of projects I wanted to do and what kind of work I wanted to do.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I specifically did not read other First Ladies' books, because I didn't want to be influenced by how they defined the role. I knew that I would have to find this role - very uniquely and specifically to me and who I was.
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Yolanda Adams
American Musician
When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I'm concerned, love is absolutely everything.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Bill Lawrence
American Producer
I love television; I specifically love having a dumb character on a TV show.
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Cal Cunningham
American Politician
I've, in fact, very specifically said I don't support defunding the police.
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Syd
American Musician
I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.
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Carine Roitfeld
Editor
Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.
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Yara Shahidi
American Actress
There have been moments when I was on a modeling job, and it was the most fantastic thing in the world. And there have been moments where I've realized, 'Okay, I'm ten years old, and I've spent the past six hours outside in the rain.' It taught me how to be specific about what kinds of projects I wanted to do and what kind of work I wanted to do.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I specifically did not read other First Ladies' books, because I didn't want to be influenced by how they defined the role. I knew that I would have to find this role - very uniquely and specifically to me and who I was.
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Yolanda Adams
American Musician
When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I'm concerned, love is absolutely everything.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Bill Lawrence
American Producer
I love television; I specifically love having a dumb character on a TV show.
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Cal Cunningham
American Politician
I've, in fact, very specifically said I don't support defunding the police.
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Syd
American Musician
I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.
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Carine Roitfeld
Editor
Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.
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