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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : spek
Phonetic Transcription : spɛk



Definition of spec

Origin :
  • short for specification, 1956. Related: Specs.
  • As in investment : noun something given, lent for a return
  • As in specification : noun requirement, qualification
  • As in spectacles : noun eyeglasses
  • As in speculation : noun risk, gamble
  • As in venture : noun gamble, attempt
  • As in direction(s) : noun instructions, guidance
  • As in eyeglasses : noun glasses
  • As in gamble : noun chance, speculation
  • As in glasses : noun object worn to correct vision
  • As in speculate : verb gamble, risk
  • As in wager : verb bet money or something else in a gamble
Example sentences :
  • "Spec she's taken dem dogs a walkin'," said black Deborah unconcernedly.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • "Da-da-dat is, er—I spec' so—er—I dun'no', ma'm," he stammered.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • I even added grimly that I knew only too well how that sort of spec.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • Like Topsy one can but "'spec' it growed" rather than was created.
  • Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
  • I 'spec' you must finish him up, and let's see what he wants of us.'
  • Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • I 'spec' mine done it, too, jes' like you say, 'long 'bout 'leven.
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • She's plump and motherly-looking, with gold bows on her spec's.
  • Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • "Spec's there is," he replied, looking them over and handing me one.
  • Extract from : « The Millionaire Baby » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay.
  • Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Spec' she was lookin' had Massa Kiddah done got it printed right.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy » by Evelyn Raymond

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