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# speciality

noun (a speciality, specialities)

«speciality» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A food or dish that a place, person or restaurant is famous for and makes very well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#m1)
2. A thing someone is especially good at or knows a lot about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#m2)
3. A special branch of study or work, such as a doctor's speciality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a café's speciality is its best dish; Cornish pasties are a speciality of Cornwall. In jokes about family, «Dad's speciality is burnt toast». In careers talk, a doctor's speciality is their area, like heart medicine.

### Examples

- Fish and chips is the speciality of the seaside café. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x1)
- Pancakes are Grandma's speciality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x2)
- Haggis is a Scottish speciality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x3)
- Her speciality is drawing horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x4)
- The doctor's speciality is skin problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x5)
- Getting lost is my brother's speciality! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x6)
- Pasta is a speciality of Italy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/#x7)

### Note

Plural «specialities». UK: speciality (5 syllables); US: «specialty» (3 syllables: SPESH-ul-tee). «Specialisation» is more about choosing to focus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «speciality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speciality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«speciality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/speciality.html) on Mova free.