Collocations for specific - adj.

be
Can you be a little more specific in your instructions?

fairly, rather, very
highly
Highly specific instructions were issued.

culturally, historically
These values are culturally specific, not naturally given.

about
She was very specific about the type she wanted.

to
These heart issues are specific to women.

Specific is used with these nouns:
aim, aspect, category, circumstance, context, date, diagnosis, direction, directive, emphasis, enquiry, example, exception, expertise, feature, focus, function, goal, grievance, guidance, guideline, information, instance, instruction, item, kind, limit, location, mention, nature, need, niche, objective, order, permission, policy, prediction, provision, purpose, question, recommendation, reference, regard, region, request, requirement, role, sequence, suggestion, target, term, timetable, topic, type, warning, warranty, wording