0 to study or work on a particular subject or skill more than any others, so that you become an expert in it: --
1 to change or develop in order to suit a particular environment or situation, or to perform a particular function: --
2 to spend most of your time studying one particular subject or doing one type of work: --
The store specializes in Asian antiques.
She’s a lawyer who specializes in accident cases.
3 to spend most of your time studying one particular subject or doing one type of business: --
The ' factories ' of crystalline material are comprised from seemingly specialized mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum elements.
In such cases, the customers could be financial investors, typically private equity funds, specialized in high-risk investments.
Examples of intermediate goods include component parts, specialized machinery, and specialized labor services.
In the second phase, the data collection included 70 expert nurses who at the time of the study were specializing in tissue viability.
For instance, a higher-order filtering function can be specialized according to the filtering predicate in addition to the element type of the filtered list.
In contrast, market-based systems favor new ideas with high profit opportunities, and should therefore be comparatively specialized in new industries with disruptive technological change.
Except for temporary financial support, all these formally recognized needs belong to well-established government agencies specializing in different domains.
However, the lack of status of this speciality evidently 'rubs off' on to students, so impeding commitment for many to specialize in this area.