special

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
  2. noun a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
  3. noun a television production that features a particular person or work or topic

Etymology

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.

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