How to pronounce “special”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
• Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
• (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
• (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
• Constituting or relating to a species.
• (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
• (euphemistic, not comparable)
• [Noun]
• A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
• A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
• (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
• (British, colloquial) A special constable.
• Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
• Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
• (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
• (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
• (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
• (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
• One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
• A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
• [Verb]
• (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.

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