specializes
SaySPESH-uh-ly-ziz/ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzɪz/
UK spellingspecialises
- 1Third-person singular simple present of specialize.
The clinic specializes in treating rare blood disorders.
Our firm specializes in international tax law.
Note
The present-tense form for a single subject: a firm, a clinic or a doctor specializes. The -ize spelling serves both American and Oxford British usage. Most often the verb is intransitive and pairs with in, as in she specializes in pediatrics, for focusing on one field. The transitive use, narrowing something's scope, is uncommon, and the old sense of going into specific details is obsolete.
specializes is a form of specialize
specialize, verb: To concentrate one's study on a particular skill, field, topic, or genre. Full entry
- Forms
- specializespecializes he/she/itspecializing -ing formspecialized past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- specialize → specializes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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