special

Meaning

1. Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
2. Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
3. Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
4. Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
5. Constituting or relating to a species.
6. Chief in excellence.
7. Of or related to unconventional warfare.
8. Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
9. Containing drugs, especially marijuana.

particular

peculiar

special purpose

set meal

not within proper limits

special reserve

exclusive use

superunmerary

not comprehensive

not pervaded

having a special purpose

sp.

of unusual excellence

adijunct

additional extra

espacial

reduced price

special train

Frequency

Hyphenated as

spe‧cial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspɛʃl̩/

From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.