subspecialize
subspecialize verb: to specialize within a particular area of a specialty.
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 subspecialize
| third-person singular present | subspecializes |
|---|---|
| present participle | subspecializing |
| past participle | subspecialized |
| past | subspecialized |
| alternative form | subspecialise |
Origin of subspecialize
From sub- + specialize.
Words formed from subspecialize
Questions about subspecialize
- What does subspecialize mean?
- Subspecialize means to specialize within a particular area of a specialty.
- What part of speech is subspecialize?
- Subspecialize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of subspecialize?
- The past tense of subspecialize is subspecialized.
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