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      noun
      A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
      A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
      (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
      (British, colloquial) A special constable.
      Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
      Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
      (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
      (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
      (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
      (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
      One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
      A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
      verb
      (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.
      adjective
      Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
      Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
      (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
      (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
      Constituting or relating to a species.
      (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
      (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
      (euphemistic, not comparable) Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
      (euphemistic, not comparable) Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
      Roots
      specerespeci- · Latin · to look, behold
      Synonyms for special
      particularadjexceptionaladjespecialadjextraadjlimitedadjspeciallyadvuniqueadjextraordinaryadjspecializedadjspecificadjpeculiaradjexclusiveadjunusualadjrareadjdistinctiveadjspecificallyadvsingularadj
      Words related to special
      specialnessnextraordinaireadjpeculiarizevoverspecificadjspecialtynoccasionnparticularizedadjpeculiaritynuniquelyadvspecialisticadjcommemorativeadjuncommonnessnunscheduledadjexceptionalismn

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