specialized skill

collocation in English

meaningsofspecializedandskill

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specialized
adjective
uk
/ˈspeʃ.əl.aɪzd/us
/ˈspeʃ.ə.laɪzd/
working in and knowing a lot about one particular subject, skill, service, ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofspecializedandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This made the device extremely flexible, but such programming was difficult and it became a highlyspecializedskillknown by few.
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Technology de-skills and alienates workers as they are no longer viewed as having aspecializedskill.
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Custom weatherstripping, compared to pre-weatherstripped units, requires much more time and is considered to be aspecializedskill.
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Additionally, the player accumulates partners as they advance into different locations, who each have aspecializedskillrequired for progression in the game.
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Because employers are looking for morespecializedskillsets, people are required to develop more highly specialized skills.
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Because this was aspecializedskill, good wranglers were able to rope horses with close to 100 percent success with each throw.
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Each of these major specialization areas are further broken down into sub-professions that cater tospecializedskilldevelopment.
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Students may attend the school for short-term enrollment forspecializedskilldevelopment and training.
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Capturing, taming and training of elephants developed into aspecializedskill.
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Indeed, a number of autistic individuals are extremely intelligent, attending college and/or acquiring sophisticated specialized skills.
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They came to the fight withspecializedskillsets for operating in mountain and arctic climates that enabled the survival and effectiveness of the entire coalition of special operators.
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This can be especially important where businesses rely on a labour force with specialized skills.
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The paper presents ideas for awareness raising activities which promote specialized skills required in successful conversation.
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It involves a notable range of intricate, specialized skills, objects and social relationships.
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Although very different from their audience in appearance, action, specialized skills, and speech, no stage lighting or physical barrier is likely to separate these two participants in a theatrical event.
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It requires the mobilization of highly specialized skills and techniques, and its products and patterns of reception are different from those of spoken language, both in type and in function.
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Such assignments frequently did not reflect specialized skills or training.
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Many of the immigrants had brought with them specialized skills and knowledge, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
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A roundup required a number of specialized skills on the part of both cowboys and horses.
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Most women possess a host of highly specialized skills and crafts, especially those connected with the household and its maintenance.
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