{
    "term": "specific",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with one particular thing only",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**specific needs/requirements**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "patients who suffer from a **specific type** of cancer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money was collected for a **specific purpose**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**specific problems/issues**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a specific location/task/case"
                },
                {
                    "text": "children with specific learning difficulties *(= in one area only)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I know that this is not your specific area of expertise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each debate will focus on a specific political issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "children’s television programmes aimed at a specific age group"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a specific target/​goal"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "particular",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["fairly", "rather", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "detailed and exact",
            "sensetop": "specific about something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**specific information/details/examples/questions**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'd like your help tomorrow.’ ‘Can you **be more specific** *(= tell me exactly what you want)*?’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The regulations make **specific reference** to the transmission of personal data over a network."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I gave you specific instructions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was not specific about his plans.",
                    "contextForm": "specific about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you be a little more specific in your instructions?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Highly specific instructions were issued."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was quite specific about the type she wanted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "issuing a highly specific set of instructions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We try to meet the specific requirements of our clients."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "precise",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["fairly", "rather", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "existing only in one place or limited to one thing",
            "sensetop": "specific (to something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a belief that is specific to this part of Africa"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These heart issues are specific to women."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These values are culturally specific, not naturally given."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "peculiar",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["fairly", "rather", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spəˈsɪfɪk/",
                "audio": "sp/specific/specific__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spəˈsɪfɪk/",
                "audio": "sp/specific/specific__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘having a special determining quality’): from late Latin specificus, from Latin species ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’."
}