special needs

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special needs

noun

  1. euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural only Needs for special care, services or accommodations for people with disabilities. The school has introduced provisions for pupils with special needs.
  2. plural, plural only Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, needs. Am I really hard to please? Perhaps I have such special needs I wondered what was wrong with me My friends all fall so easily

adjective more special needs · most special needs

  1. euphemistic, idiomatic, of a person Having special needs (noun sense 1).

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adj needs for special care, services or accommodations for disabilities — see also disabled, handicapped

Deutschbut see Förderbedarf, Menschen mit körperlichen oder geistigen Einschränkungen

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@misc{special_needs_2026,
  title = {special needs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/special%20needs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}