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spectacular | spec |

As nouns the difference between spectacular and spec

is that spectacular is a spectacular display while spec is (colloquial) short form of specification.

As an adjective spectacular

is amazing or worthy of special notice.

As a verb spec is

to specify, especially in a formal specification document.

spectacular

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Amazing or worthy of special notice
    • The parachutists were spectacular .
  • (dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment
    • the merely spectacular
  • * G. Hickes
    • Spectacular sports.
  • * {{quote-news, 1910, August 21, Andre Tridon, Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade, The New York Times citation
    • , passage=Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.}}
  • Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.

    • Derived terms

    * spectacularly * unspectacular

    Related terms

    * spectacle * species * speculate

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spectacular display.
  • * 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
    • Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.

    spec

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) short form of specification
  • (colloquial) short form of speculation
  • short form of specialization
  • short form of special
  • (dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
  • (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

    • Derived terms

    * on spec

    Verb

  • To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
  • * 1999 , George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book
    • I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.
  • * 1995 , Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
    • Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?

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