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Spec

/ˈspɛk/

A special place (for hiding or viewing)

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📖 Definitions of "Spec"

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."

🔄 Synonyms of "Spec"

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Word	Definition
specificationnoun	An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spec"

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Word	Definition
specificationnoun	An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
specificationsnoun	A set of requirements defining an exact description of an object or a process.
tpnoun	Initialism of toilet paper. [Paper, usually on a roll, used to clean the anal area after defecation or to pat the genitals dry after urination.]
cpnoun	Initialism of cyberpunk. [(science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.]
standardnoun	A level of quality or attainment.
specifyingnoun	The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly.
specifyverb	(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
specified	Thoroughly explained.
detailnoun	An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
focnoun	freedom of choice
outlinenoun	A general description of some subject.
detailsnoun	true confidential information
requirementsnoun	A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
parametersnoun	A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
blueprintnoun	(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
datasheetnoun	A document summarizing the performance and other technical characteristics of a product.
statementnoun	A declaration or remark.
designnoun	A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
briefnoun	Of short duration; happening quickly.
standardsnoun	Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.