Noun: speciality ,spe-shee'a-lu-tee
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: specialty)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: specialty)
- The special line of work you have adopted as your career
"his speciality is gastroenterology";
- specialization, specialisation [Brit], specialty [N. Amer], specialism
- Something at which one excels or is particularly skilled; someone's speciality
"cooking is his speciality";
- forte, strong suit, long suit, métier, specialty [N. Amer], strong point, strength
- A distinguishing trait
"The restaurant's speciality was its homemade pasta";
- peculiarity, specialness, specialty [N. Amer], distinctiveness
Derived forms: specialities
Type of: asset, calling, career, individualism, individuality, individuation, plus, vocation
Encyclopedia: Speciality