SPECTACLE
\spˈɛktəkə͡l], \spˈɛktəkəl], \s_p_ˈɛ_k_t_ə_k_əl]\
Definitions of SPECTACLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
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a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
By Princeton University
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an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
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a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.
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A spy-glass; a looking-glass.
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An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
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Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
By Oddity Software
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Something displayed to view, especially something unusual or worthy of notice; a pageant or parade; a grand exhibition.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sight: show: exhibition:-pl. glasses to assist the sight.
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SPECTACULAR.
By Daniel Lyons
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A show; sight; exhibition.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An optical instrument, consisting of two lenses, for assisting the sight; something that aids the intellectual sight; scientific helps. See Species.
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A show; something exhibited to view; a pageant; a representation; a sight.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] A show ; a public exhibition or representation ; a gazing-stock ;-something exhibited to view-usually, as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice;-pl. An optical instrument used to assist or correct some defect of vision.
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