noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   British standard form of specialty. British, alt-of, standard

   "They cook well overall, but their true speciality is pasta."

2. 2
   the special line of work you have adopted as your career wordnet
3. 3
   a distinguishing trait wordnet
4. 4
   an asset of special worth or utility wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fortespecializationabilityaccomplishmentadeptnessaptitude

Example

More examples

"What's the restaurant's speciality?"

Etymology

From special + -ity, from Middle French spécialité, from Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas.

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