Definition of Specific

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Specific

Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.

Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.

Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.

A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.

Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.

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Specific Quotations

I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific.
Steven Wright

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
Peter Drucker

I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration.
Timothy Leary

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin

I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
Viktor E. Frankl

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
Viktor E. Frankl

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.
Elvis Presley

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
Eric Hoffer

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
Edmund Burke

Specific Translations

specific in Afrikaans is spesifiek
specific in Dutch is specifiek, soortelijk
specific in German is spezifische, spezifisch, spezifische
specific in Swedish is specifik

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