spec

To specify, especially in a formal specification document.

Adjective

  1. Clipping of special
  2. Clipping of specified
  3. Clipping of speculative

Related

spec evo spec ops

Noun

  1. Clipping of specification.
    • job spec
    • The specs don't say anything about this behavior.
    • We'll go into more depth with all the specs shortly so anyone less well versed in espresso speak will understand what I'm harping on about, but firstly let's just talk about using the machine. - 2025 May 3, Kev, “Rocket...
  2. Clipping of speculation.
    • This is told in confidence to the servant-man or woman who opens the door—‘be so good as tell the lady as much,’ says the hawker, ‘for really I’m afraid to carry the goods much longer, and I have already sold enough to...
  3. Clipping of specialization.
  4. Clipping of specialist.
  5. Clipping of special.
  6. Clipping of spectrum.
  7. Abbreviation of specifier.
  8. Clipping of specifier.
  9. Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.

Forms

specs

Derived

acespec arospec a-spec high-spec mass spec mil-spec m-spec on spec speccy spec home spec script

Verb

  1. To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
    • I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants. - 1999, George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book:
    • Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical? - 1995, Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on...
    • And if that is my only criticism, then these trains are pretty well 'specced'. These are an out-and-out commuter train - fast, quiet, and well-designed for their role. - 2024 January 24, Pip Dunn, “Adventure on a GA...

Forms

specs spec's specing spec'ing speced spec'd spec'ed

Derived

spec out spec up