subspecialise
subspecialise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subspecialize.
Meaning of subspecialize
Verb
subspecialize (third-person singular simple present subspecializes, present participle subspecializing, simple past and past participle subspecialized)
- To specialize within a particular area of a specialty.
- Although most collectors subspecialize by genre, whether jazz or classical or country, it’s early American rural blues — loose acoustic laments, recorded before 1935 and performed by artists who were born in or near the Mississippi Delta — that inspires the highest prices and the most fevered...2009 July 12, Amanda Petrusich, “They’ve Got Those Old, Hard-to-Find Blues”, in New York Times
Forms of subspecialise
| third-person singular present | subspecialises |
|---|---|
| present participle | subspecialising |
| past participle | subspecialised |
| past | subspecialised |
Origin of subspecialise
From sub- + specialise.
Questions about subspecialise
- What is subspecialise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Subspecialise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subspecialize.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: subspecialise (page history and authors); subspecialize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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