English-Thai Dictionary
speciality
N ความชำนาญ พิเศษ kwam-cham-nan-pi-sed
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SPECIALITY
Spe `ci *al "i *ty, n.; pl. Specialities. Etym: [See Special, and Specialty. ]
1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Law )
Defn: See Specialty, 3.
3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty. On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow- mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. Ld. Lytton. We 'll say, instead, the inconsequent creature man, -For that'a his speciality. Mrs. Browning. Think of this, sir, ... remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities -- if I may use that strong remark -- of prejudice. Dickens.
4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
New American Oxford Dictionary
speciality
spe ci al i ty |ˌspeSHēˈalitē ˌspɛʃiˈælədi | ▶noun ( pl. specialities ) British term for specialty. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the quality of being special or distinctive ): from Old French especialite or late Latin specialitas, from Latin specialis (see special ).
Oxford Dictionary
speciality
speciality |ˌspɛʃɪˈalɪti |(chiefly N. Amer. & Medicine also specialty ) ▶noun ( pl. specialities ) 1 a pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert: his speciality was watercolours. • a product, especially a type of food, which a person or region is famous for making well: a restaurant serving freshly made local specialities. • [ as modifier ] meeting particular tastes or needs: speciality potatoes for salads. 2 (often specialty ) a branch of medicine or surgery. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the quality of being special or distinctive ): from Old French especialite or late Latin specialitas, from Latin specialis (see special ).
Oxford Thesaurus
speciality
speciality noun 1 his speciality was watercolours: forte, strong point, strength, métier, long suit, strong suit, talent, skill, bent, gift, claim to fame, department, pièce de résistance; informal bag, thing, cup of tea. 2 funding was agreed for specialities like psychiatry and anaesthesia: area of specialization, specialty, field of study, area, branch of knowledge, medical /surgical field.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
speciality
spe ci al i ty /spèʃiǽləti /名詞 ｟主に英 ｠＝specialty .
The Wordsmith Dictionary