Definition of Special

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Special

Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.

Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.

Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.

Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.

Chief in excellence.

A particular.

One appointed for a special service or occasion.

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Special Quotations

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.
Mark Twain

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.
Warren Buffett

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
Aristotle

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
Eleanor Roosevelt

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
Jonathan Swift

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
Audrey Hepburn

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Rita Rudner

It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Rita Rudner

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
Pope John Paul II

Special Translations

special in Afrikaans is afsonderlik, spesiaal
special in Dutch is afgezonderd, afzonderlijk
special in Finnish is eri
special in German is spezial, besonderer, speziell, extra
special in Latin is precipuus, proprius
special in Norwegian is spesiell
special in Portuguese is especial
special in Spanish is especial
special in Swedish is speciell

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