special

  • (noun): A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
  • (noun): One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.
  • (noun): Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
  • (noun): A special constable.
  • (noun): Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
  • (noun): Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
  • (noun): A correspondent; a journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
  • (noun): A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
  • (noun): A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
  • (verb): (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.
  • (adjective): Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
  • (adjective): Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved.
  • (adjective): Of or related to learning or intellectual disabilities.
  • (adjective): Constituting or relating to a species.
  • (adjective): Chief in excellence.
  • (adjective): Of or related to unconventional warfare, as in "special forces" and "special operations".
  • We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.
  • Today's special is our tuna melt on rye.
  • Did you see the Christmas special?
  • Thousands came to see the special that carried the President's coffin.
  • a special episode of a television series