spec
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈspɛk/
adj
- Clipping of special
- Clipping of specified
- Clipping of speculative
noun
- Clipping of specification.
“job spec”
“The specs don't say anything about this behavior.”
- Clipping of speculation.
“This is told in confidence to the servant-man or woman who opens the door—‘be so good as tell the lady as much,’ says the hawker, ‘for really I’m afraid to carry the goods much longer, and I have already sold enough to pay me well enough for my spec—go, there’s a good girl, tell your missus I have splendid goods, and am willing almost to give them away, and if we makes a deal of it, why I don’t mind giving you a handsome present for yourself.’”
- Clipping of specialization.
- Clipping of specialist.
- Clipping of special.
- Clipping of spectrum.
- Abbreviation of specifier.
- Clipping of specifier.
- Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.
verb
- To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
“I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.”
“Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?”