specialist
part of speech
noun (a specialist, specialists); adjective (specialist)
meaning for a pupil
1) A specialist is a person who knows a great deal about one subject or does one kind of work very well. tree →
2) (health) A specialist is a doctor who treats one part of the body or one kind of illness, like a heart specialist. tree →
3) As an adjective, specialist means for one particular purpose or for experts, as in "specialist equipment". tree →
sense in the lessons
In health, a GP sends you to a specialist with a referral. In school, specialist teachers teach music, PE or languages. In science and careers, specialists study one field deeply. Phrases: "a specialist in", "see a specialist", "heart specialist", "specialist shop", "specialist knowledge".
examples
- The doctor sent me to a skin specialist. tree →
- Our music lessons are taught by a specialist teacher. tree →
- She is a specialist in sharks. tree →
- The divers used specialist equipment to explore the wreck. tree →
- We bought my bike at a specialist cycle shop. tree →
- A specialist came to fix the old church clock. tree →
- I leave to Celtic specialists the task of settling the exact relations of these various texts. tree →
note
Countable: a specialist, specialists. Verb: specialise (UK) / specialize (US). Opposite: a generalist (someone who knows about many things), such as a GP who treats all kinds of illness. In the USA, "specialist" is also a rank in the army.
In the corpora
- Dyslexia is a lasting difficulty with reading and spelling; only a specialist can identify it, never from one mistake.
- Children's wards have nurses, doctors and play specialists, and usually a bed or chair so a parent can stay overnight.
- Play specialists use dolls, pictures and games to show children what will happen and to distract them during procedures.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «specialist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.