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specs

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/spɛks/ English

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noun

  1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.“I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
  2. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.“Spouses should make a great pair.”
  3. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)“a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans”
  4. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.“A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.”

noun

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

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. A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

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.

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