Special Definition–adjective | 1. | of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key. | | 2. | being a particular one; particular, individual, or certain: You'd better call the special number. | | 3. | pertaining or peculiar to a particular person, thing, instance, etc.; distinctive; unique: the special features
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of a plan. | | 4. | having a specific or particular function, purpose, etc.: a special messenger. | | 5. | distinguished or different from what is ordinary or usual: a special occasion; to fix something special. | | 6. | extraordinary; exceptional, as in amount or degree; especial: special importance. | | 7. | being such in an exceptional degree; particularly valued: a special friend. | –noun | 8. | a special person or thing. | | 9. | a train used for a particular purpose, occasion, or the like. | | 10. | a special edition of a newspaper. | | 11. | Theater. a spotlight reserved for a particular area, property, actor, etc.: Give me the coffin special. | | 12. | a temporary, arbitrary reduction in the price of regularly stocked goods, esp. food; a particularly worthwhile offer or price: The special this week is on sirloin steaks. | | 13. | Television. a single program not forming part of a regular series. | |
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Diet Definition–noun | 1. | food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health: Milk is a wholesome article of diet. | | 2. | a particular selection of food, esp. as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease: a diet low in sugar. | | 3. | such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight: No pie for me, I'm on a diet. | | 4. | the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group: The native diet consists of fish and fruit. | | 5. | food or feed habitually eaten or provided: The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce. | | 6. | anything that is habitually provided or partaken of: Television has given us a steady diet of game shows and soap operas. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to regulate the food of, esp. in order to improve the physical condition. | –verb (used without object) | 9. | to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight: I've dieted all
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