special
/ˈspɛʃ.əl/ verb C2- To supervise a patient one-on-one.
He/she/it specials · Past specialed · Past participle specialed · -ing form specialing
Verb forms
- Base form
- special
- He/she/it
- specials
- Past
- specialed
- Past participle
- specialed
- -ing form
- specialing
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There should have been a special commandment against nagging.
“But it’s such a very special occasion,” mourned Anne, on the verge of tears.
“No, I can’t think of anything special.”
The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.
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