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spec
1[ spek ]
adjective
- built, done, bought, etc., as a speculation:
the construction of spec houses.
verb (used with object)
- to provide specifications for:
The custom turbocharger was spec'd by our mechanic.
- (in a video game) to create or update (a character) by assigning attributes, skills, weapons, armor, and other items that affect the character’s powers, speed, strength, intelligence, etc.:
Do your research before you spec your character, because some builds are just not viable and this game does not allow you to re-spec.
spec.
2abbreviation for
- special.
- specially.
- specifically.
- specification.
spec.
1abbreviation for
- specification
- speculation
spec
2/ ɛ /
noun
- on specas a speculation or gamble
all the tickets were sold so I went to the theatre on spec
adjective
- prenominal speculative
a spec developer
Other 51Թ Forms
- ’» · noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spec1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spec1
Idioms and Phrases
- on spec, made, built, or done with hopes of but no assurance of payment or a sale; without commitment by a client or buyer:
ad illustrations done on spec;
luxury homes built on spec and sold before completion.
More idioms and phrases containing spec
see on spec .Example Sentences
Auctioneers, H&H Classic Auctions, previously said the bike was believed to be in "Legacy" spec with the chrome mudguards, and had seen little use since the completion of filming.
So he infiltrated the militia movement on spec, as a freelance vigilante.
The tech spec of every new handset camera is usually an improvement on the previous generation.
Even before Hollywood development executives had the spec in their hands, the buzz was intense, despite no one really knowing what the story was about.
So let’s not spec that type of product in our project.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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