specs
English meaning: Specs
Definition
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
Example
“I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
Another example: “He pushed his specs up his nose and peered at the tiny print.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Informal plural noun. In everyday British/Australian speech it means spectacles (eyeglasses). In technical and consumer contexts it is short for 'specifications' (the detailed features of a product, e.g. a computer). Context decides the sense.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
Clipping of 'spectacles' (from Latin 'spectaculum', a show) and of 'specifications' (from Latin 'specificare'); both shortenings are 20th-century colloquialisms.
Synonyms
- eyeglasses
- glasses
- spectacles
- specifications
Related Words
- trapper
- alva
- spec
- ams
- sheraton
- ghz
- megatron
- tab
- mah
- specifications
Common Collocations
- pair of specs
- reading specs
- technical specs
- high-end specs
- check the specs
- full specs
Word Forms
spec (n); specs (pl)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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