Some articles on special:
... The 67th Special Operation Squadron is an active unit within the 352d Special Operations Group (352 SOG), United States Air Force, United States European ...
... Sermons on special occasions generally contain features that are relevant to the celebrations or the natural phenomena at whose arrival they are delivered ... Usually the verse 9 of Sūra LXVI is also recited and a special prayer called "Muḥammad's du'a"ʾ is said ... One major difference between the sermon delivered on special occasions and that delivered every Friday is that in the former the salat precedes the sermon, while in the latter the salat comes after ...
... The 4th Special Operations Squadron (4 SOS) is part of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida ... AC-130U Spooky aircraft providing special operations capability ...
... For historical information, see Provinces of Korea and Special cities of Korea) One Special City (Teukbyeolsi, Capital City), six Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi, singular ...
... Special Forces Command controls operations of Ranger Battalion, as well as the Special Force Battalions – Wolves ...
More definitions of "special":
- (adj): First and most important.
Example: "His special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work"
Synonyms: particular
- (adj): Added to a regular schedule.
Example: "A special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game"
Synonyms: extra
- (adj): Adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose.
Example: "A special kind of paint"; "a special medication for arthritis"
- (adj): For a special service or occasion.
Example: "A special correspondent"; "a special adviser to the committee"; "had to get special permission for the event"
- (noun): A dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant.
- (adj): Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.
Example: "The special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"
Synonyms: particular, peculiar
- (noun): A television production that features a particular person or work or topic.
Example: "The last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight"
- (adj): Surpassing what is common or usual or expected.
Example: "A special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?"
Synonyms: especial, exceptional, particular
- (adj): Having a specific function or scope.
Example: "A special (or specific) role in the mission"
Synonyms: limited
Famous quotes containing the word special:
“In this century the writer has carried on a conversation with madness. We might almost say of the twentieth-century writer that he aspires to madness. Some have made it, of course, and they hold special places in our regard. To a writer, madness is a final distillation of self, a final editing down. It’s the drowning out of false voices.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“The universal social pressure upon women to be all alike, and do all the same things, and to be content with identical restrictions, has resulted not only in terrible suffering in the lives of exceptional women, but also in the loss of unmeasured feminine values in special gifts. The Drama of the Woman of Genius has too often been a tragedy of misshapen and perverted power.”
—Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)
“Passengers in 1937 totaled 270,000; so many of these were celebrities that two Newark newspapers ran special airport columns.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)