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noun

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verb

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Pronunciation: /ˈspɛk/

adj

  1. Clipping of special
  2. Clipping of specified
  3. Clipping of speculative

noun

  1. Clipping of specification.

    “job spec”

    “The specs don't say anything about this behavior.”

  2. 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.’”

  3. Clipping of specialization.
  4. Clipping of specialist.
  5. Clipping of special.
  6. Clipping of spectrum.
  7. Abbreviation of specifier.
  8. Clipping of specifier.
  9. Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.

verb

  1. 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?”