specialisation

[US]/ˌspeʃəlai'zeiʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. specialization
Word Forms

Example Sentences

Increasing technological application and innovation in manufacturing industries result in more specialisation and distribution of processes on a global scale.

He has a specialisation in computer programming.

She pursued a specialisation in marketing during her studies.

The university offers a wide range of specialisations in various fields.

His specialisation in finance helped him secure a job at a prestigious firm.

Specialisation is important for career advancement in today's competitive job market.

She decided to pursue a specialisation in environmental science due to her passion for nature conservation.

The company hired experts with specialisations in different areas to enhance their team's capabilities.

Specialisation allows individuals to deepen their knowledge and skills in a specific area.

He completed a specialisation course in graphic design to pursue a career in the creative industry.

The specialisation of the team members complemented each other, leading to successful project outcomes.

Real-world Examples

Naturally, there is an economic answer and it is specialisation.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And Adam Smith, the great economist, told us that specialisation is the foundation of productivity.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

I'm not convinced... I certainly think specialisation's going to be the key, knowing your own region, and that comes from hands-on experience.

Source: BEC Higher Listening Practice Tests (Volume 4)

One of the beauties of the firm, whose founders first made insulin in Denmark in the 1920s, is specialisation.

Source: Economist Business

The third picture shows feathers that have just such a specialisation: coiling reminiscent of that seen in the feathers of modern divers.

Source: The Economist - Technology

Proximity allows people to find friends, mates and business partners, to discuss ideas and generate new ones, and to trade (and so to capture the benefits of specialisation).

Source: Dominance Issue 3 (March 2018)

The growth of specialisation in the nineteenth century, with its consequent requirement of a longer, more complex training, implied greater problems for amateur participation in science.

Source: Past years' graduate entrance exam English exam papers.

It is that variability of protein composition which permits the division of labour and specialisation of function that have allowed complex multicellular organisms such as human beings to evolve.

Source: The Economist Science and Technology

Long story short, I began to work as an interpreter for Le Cordon Bleu, the French cuisine school, and I realised there was no such a specialisation, in Spain at least, like, in gastronomy or cooking translation.

Source: 6 Minute English

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