Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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specific | Yes | Yes | No | No |
ad hoc | No | Yes | No | Yes |
specific (noun) | ad hoc (noun) |
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a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease | |
a fact about some part (as opposed to general) |
specific (adjective) | ad hoc (adjective) |
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(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique | for or concerned with one specific purpose |
being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides | often improvised or impromptu |
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species | |
stated explicitly or in detail |
specific (adverb) | ad hoc (adverb) |
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for one specific case |