specific
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
he always reasons from the particular to the general
Types & categories
- fact hypernym
Related & opposite
- general antonym
Sense 2 adjective
(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
rules with specific application
Related & opposite
- precise also see
- specialized also see
- general antonym
- nonspecific antonym
- generality attribute
- ad hoc similar to
- circumstantial similar to
- special similar to
- particulara similar to
- particulara similar to
- particularized similar to
- properip similar to
- uniquep similar to
Sense 3 noun
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
quinine is a specific for malaria
Types & categories
- medication hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
stated explicitly or in detail
needed a specific amount
Related & opposite
- specificity derivation
- specified similar to
Sense 5 adjective
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
specific characters
Related & opposite
- species pertains to
Sense 6 adjective
being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
quinine is highly specific for malaria
Related & opposite
- nonspecific antonym
- medicine domain topic
- pathology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | general |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fact |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | precise |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | specialized |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | general |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonspecific |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | generality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ad hoc |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | circumstantial |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | special |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | particulara |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | particulara |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | particularized |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | properip |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uniquep |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | medication |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | specificity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | specified |
| 5 | pertains to | Related & opposite | species |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonspecific |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | pathology |