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spec
1[ spek ]
adjective
- built, done, bought, etc., as a speculation:
the construction of spec houses.
verb (used with object)
- to provide specifications for:
The custom turbocharger was spec'd by our mechanic.
- (in a video game) to create or update (a character) by assigning attributes, skills, weapons, armor, and other items that affect the character’s powers, speed, strength, intelligence, etc.:
Do your research before you spec your character, because some builds are just not viable and this game does not allow you to re-spec.
spec.
2abbreviation for
- special.
- specially.
- specifically.
- specification.
spec.
1abbreviation for
- specification
- speculation
spec
2/ spɛk /
noun
- on specas a speculation or gamble
all the tickets were sold so I went to the theatre on spec
adjective
- prenominal speculative
a spec developer
Other Words From
- spec’·er speck·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of spec1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spec1
Idioms and Phrases
- on spec, made, built, or done with hopes of but no assurance of payment or a sale; without commitment by a client or buyer:
ad illustrations done on spec;
luxury homes built on spec and sold before completion.
More idioms and phrases containing spec
see on spec .Example Sentences
Check out each product’s specs for more information on lifespan.
Non-gamers often find themselves surprised at just how many tech specs a computer mouse can have.
The goal of writing a compelling product description copy is to provide your potential customers with all the relevant details, specs, and info they might need to make a purchase.
If your TV handles these specs, you need to make sure your switcher can, too.
Pay attention to any specs available and look for models that throw in extra attachments.
Cody Towse, 29-year-old Sgt.1st Class Jeffrey Baker, 24-year-old Spec.
A Facebook photo shows four of them, 28-year-old Staff Sgt Francis Phillips, 19-year-old Spec.
Then comes the spec, circus slang for the spectacle that opens the show.
The director, Peter Hermes, had an online sample reel of previous work that included a spec Doritos commercial.
Richard Rushfield is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of On Spec: A Novel of Young Hollywood.
"The whole thing looks like being a damned bad spec," the Syndicate grumbled.
En ez fur sellen' this place, war I wuz born'd en raze, I never spec' ter.
Dis hyer letter what she done wrote dis mawnin tells all bout it I spec.
A tiny point near the center of the screen swelled to a spec, and jumped nearly off the screen to the left.
If we were out in some parts of the West, Saul Harrington, any office would find it a bad spec to insure your life.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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