spec /spek/
noun informal[
Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: specification]
[
Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: speculation]
[
Sense 3: Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: spectacles]
1. [countable usually plural] a detailed instruction about how a building, car, piece of equipment etc should be made
Synonym : specification:
the specs for the company’s new video games console2. on spec if you do something on spec, you do it without being sure that you will get what you are hoping for:
I sent in an application on spec.3. specs [plural] glasses that help you see
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲