Specific Definition

spĭ-sĭfĭk

adjective

Limiting or limited; specifying or specified; precise; definite; explicit.

No specific plans.

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Clear or detailed in communicating.

Be specific when telling us what you need.

American Heritage

Peculiar to or characteristic of something.

Specific traits.

Webster's New World

Limited, distinctive, or unique.

Problems specific to small colleges.

American Heritage

Of a special, or particular, sort or kind.

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noun

Something specially suited for a given use or purpose.

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A specific cure or remedy.

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A distinguishing quality or attribute.

American Heritage

A distinct item or detail; particular.

Webster's New World

Specification.

Wiktionary

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affix

Limited or specific to, characteristic of (a specified thing or person)

Species-specific.

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Other Word Forms of Specific

Singular:

specific

Plural:

From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus (“specific, particular"), from Latin speciÄ“s (“kind") + faciō (“make").

From Wiktionary
Medieval Latin specificus Latin speciēs kind, species species Latin -ficus -fic

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition