special

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ daily

▪

The restaurant has an extensive menu and daily specials.

▪ television, TV

▪

There are lots of TV Christmas specials for children this year.

▪ prime-time (esp. AmE)

▪ Christmas, holiday (esp. AmE)

▪ one-off (BrE)

▪

Eric Sykes returned with this one-off special for ITV.

▪ reunion (AmE)

▪

the Dick Van Dyke Show reunion special

▪ after-school (AmE)

▪ comedy

▪ election

▪ one-hour, two-hour, etc.

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adj.

Special is used with these nouns: ↑adaptation, ↑advantage, ↑adviser, ↑affection, ↑affinity, ↑agent, ↑ambassador, ↑appeal, ↑aptitude, ↑arrangement, ↑assignment, ↑assistance, ↑assistant, ↑attachment, ↑attention, ↑attraction, ↑award, ↑blend, ↑bond, ↑bonus, ↑brand, ↑breed, ↑care, ↑case, ↑category, ↑celebration, ↑ceremony, ↑challenge, ↑characteristic, ↑charm, ↑circumstance, ↑class, ↑clinic, ↑cocktail, ↑collection, ↑commission, ↑commissioner, ↑committee, ↑concession, ↑condition, ↑congratulations, ↑consideration, ↑constable, ↑container, ↑correspondent, ↑counsel, ↑day, ↑delivery, ↑diet, ↑difficulty, ↑discount, ↑display, ↑edition, ↑education, ↑effect, ↑effort, ↑election, ↑emphasis, ↑envoy, ↑equipment, ↑event, ↑exception, ↑exemption, ↑exhibit, ↑exhibition, ↑expertise, ↑facility, ↑fascination, ↑favour, ↑favourite, ↑feature, ↑fitting, ↑focus, ↑fondness, ↑force, ↑friend, ↑fund, ↑gift, ↑guest, ↑honour, ↑importance, ↑incentive, ↑ingredient, ↑instruction, ↑insurance, ↑interest, ↑invitation, ↑issue, ↑kind, ↑knowledge, ↑kudos, ↑leave, ↑library, ↑licence, ↑liking, ↑measure, ↑meeting, ↑memento, ↑memory, ↑mention, ↑menu, ↑mission, ↑nature, ↑need, ↑niche, ↑occasion, ↑offer, ↑operation, ↑outing, ↑patrol, ↑permission, ↑permit, ↑place, ↑power, ↑praise, ↑prayer, ↑precaution, ↑preparation, ↑presentation, ↑privilege, ↑prize, ↑procedure, ↑prominence, ↑promotion, ↑prosecutor, ↑protection, ↑provision, ↑purpose, ↑qualification, ↑quality, ↑reason, ↑reception, ↑recipe, ↑recognition, ↑reference, ↑regard, ↑regime, ↑relationship, ↑relevance, ↑report, ↑representative, ↑request, ↑requirement, ↑resolution, ↑responsibility, ↑role, ↑rule, ↑school, ↑section, ↑seminar, ↑series, ↑session, ↑show, ↑significance, ↑skill, ↑stamp, ↑status, ↑stress, ↑subject, ↑summit, ↑supplement, ↑talent, ↑task force, ↑team, ↑thank you, ↑thanks, ↑tool, ↑train, ↑training, ↑treat, ↑treatment, ↑tribunal, ↑tribute, ↑trick, ↑trip, ↑urgency, ↑welcome