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In some senses, spec is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Clipping of specification.
job spec
The specs don't say anything about this behavior.
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 pay me well enough for my spec—go, there’s a good girl, tell your missus I have splendid goods, and am willing almost to give them away, and if we makes a deal of it, why I don’t mind giving you a handsome present for yourself.’
Clipping of specialization.
Clipping of specialist.
Clipping of special.
verb
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.
Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?
adj
Clipping of special
Clipping of specified
Clipping of speculative