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spec

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/ˈspɛk/ English

Definitions

noun

  1. A special place (for hiding or viewing)
  2. A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

verb

  1. To specify, especially in a formal specification document.

noun

  1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.“We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.”
  2. One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.“Today's special is our tuna melt on rye.”
  3. Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.“Did you see the Christmas special?”
  4. A special constable.

noun

  1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
  2. A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
  3. Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
  4. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.“The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.”

noun

  1. The act or process of specializing.
  2. The area in which someone specializes.
  3. The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.
  4. A proof, axiom, problem, or definition whose cases are completely covered by another, broader concept.“A triangle is a specialization of a polygon to one with exactly three sides.”

noun

  1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
  2. An act of specifying.

noun

  1. A person or thing that specifies.
  2. A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

noun

  1. The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
  2. The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
  3. A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
  4. An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

Related words

Synonyms

aficionadoconnoisseurenthusiastparticularizationspecificationspecificationstpcpstandardspecifyingspecifyspecifieddetailfocoutlinedetailsrequirementsparameters

Antonyms

generalistabstractiongeneralization

Associated

miataopssheafaffineracercommutativebenchmarkscriptcorollamazdaatacpu

Rhymes

checkpeckwreckspeckgeckdeckroughneckpain in the neckwhelkheck

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