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Plural of special

regular plural

The plural of special is specials.

Forms of special

Singularspecial /ˈspɛʃ.əl/
Pluralspecials
Countablecountable

Specials in a sentence

  • In addition to followspots, there will be three frontlight specials on Autoyokes hung on the truss to provide frontlight specials.2009, Steven Shelley, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, page 132
  • The restaurant had a huge à la carte menu and four specials that day.From the entry à la carte
  • The table tents in the restaurant listed today's specials.From the entry table tent
  • I sold 12 trout specials yesterday, they sold like hot cakes.2012, Cosmo Knight, The Day After the Great Trout Run. From the entry sell like hot cakes
  • Two smaller pavement specials ranged alongside, and made up for size by their barking.2011, Eckart Schumann, chapter 3, in Patterns of Change, New York, N.Y.: Eloquent Books, AEG Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry pavement special

Meaning of special

  1. adjective Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
  2. adjective Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
  3. adjective Of or related to unconventional warfare.

Full definition of special

Questions about the plural of special

What is the plural of special?
The plural of special is specials.
Is special countable?
Special is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: special (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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