Special

Adjective

 * 1) Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
 * a special episode of a television series
 * 1) Of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored.
 * Everyone is special to someone.
 * 1)  Retarded; mentally handicapped
 * He goes to a special school.
 * 1) Constituting or relating to a species.
 * The seven dark spots is a special property unique to Coccinella septempunctata.

Related terms

 * especial
 * especially

Derived terms

 * Special Olympics
 * special constable
 * special education/special ed
 * special forces
 * special attack
 * special defense
 * specialisation, specialization
 * specialise, specialize
 * specialist
 * speciality, specialty
 * specially

Noun

 * 1) A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
 * We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.
 * 1)  Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
 * 2)  A special constable.
 * 3) Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
 * Thousands came to the special that carried the President's coffin.

Thesaurus
Amtrak, absolute, another, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, baggage train, best, bizarre, bosom, cable railroad, categorical, celebrated, celebratory, certain, characteristic, choo-choo, classificational, classificatory, close, closest, cog railroad, cog railway, commodity, concerted, concrete, conspicuous, curious, daily, daily newspaper, dear, defined, defining, definite, deliberate, denominative, designated, detailed, determinate, determined, devoted, different, differential, distinct, distinctive, distinctively, distinguished, divisional, divisionary, drug, el, electric, electric train, elevated, else, eminent, esoteric, especial, esteemed, estimable, exact, exceptional, exclusive, express, express train, extra, extra edition, extraordinary, faithful, feature, festive, finicky, fixed, flier, freight, freight train, freighter, full, funicular, fussy, gala, gazette, good, goods train, idiosyncratic, important, individual, inimitable, inner, interurban, intimate, item, lead item, leader, leading card, lightning express, limited, local, loss leader, loyal, main feature, major, marked, memorable, meticulous, metro, milk train, minute, momentous, monorail, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, news, newspaper, newspaper of record, nice, noble, not that sort, not the same, not the type, notable, noteworthy, occasional, odd, of a sort, of another sort, of mark, of sorts, ordinal, other, other than, otherwise, outstanding, paper, paramount, parliamentary, parliamentary train, particular, particularly, passenger train, peculiar, personal, picayune, pointed, precise, prestigious, primary, prime, private, product, prominent, rack-and-pinion railroad, rag, railroad train, rare, rattler, red-letter, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, respective, rolling stock, salient, seconds, set, several, sheet, shuttle, shuttle train, signal, significant, singular, solipsistic, special edition, speciality, specialized, specially, specific, specifically, standard article, staple, staple item, staunch, steadfast, strange, streamliner, striking, subdivisional, subway, sui generis, tabloid, taxonomic, telling, train, tube, typal, typical, uncommon, unconventional, underground, unforgettable, unique, unorthodox, unusual, valued, vendible, ware, way train, weekly, weekly newspaper, weird

Etymology
From, from especial: (whence also French spécial:), from  specialis: (from species:, speciei:). Used in English since the 13th century.

Adjective

 * Arabic: خاص
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 特別, 特别, 專門, 专门
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: eri-
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: speziell, Spezial-, ungewöhnlich, Sonder-, besondere
 * Hindi: ख़ास, विशेष
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: specala
 * Irish: speisialta


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 特別
 * Korean: 특별한
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: īpašs
 * Lithuanian: ypatingas, nepaprastas
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, خاص
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , air leth
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: خاص


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: eriline
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: speziell, Spezial-, Sonder-, bestimmt
 * Ido: specala


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: wyjątkowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Persian: استثنایی


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: lajityypillinen


 * Russian: видовой


 * proche
 * : מיוחד (me-yukhad)
 * : partikulara
 * : 특별한 (teukbyeolhan)


 * : espesyal, natatangi, pantangias in special presentation= natatanging pagtatanghal, special advertisement= natatanging patalastas
 * : ప్రత్యేక (pratyaeka)
 * : özel
 * : patik

Noun

 * Finnish: erikoistarjous


 * German:


 * Finnish: erikoisjakso, erikoislähetys


 * German: Sondersendung

Anagrams

 * piacles
 * plaices