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specs

/spɛks/
noun

  1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.

    "I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair."

  2. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.

    "Spouses should make a great pair."

  3. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)

    "a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans"

Synonymspair of spectacles, spectacles
noun

  1. A special place (for hiding or viewing)

  2. A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

noun

  1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.

    "We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving."

  2. One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.

    "Today's special is our tuna melt on rye."

  3. Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.

    "Did you see the Christmas special?"

noun

  1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

    Similar: aficionado, connoisseur, enthusiast

  2. A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.

  3. Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.

Synonymsaficionado, connoisseur, enthusiast
Antonymsgeneralist
noun

  1. The act or process of specializing.

  2. The area in which someone specializes.

  3. The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.

Synonymsparticularization
Antonymsabstraction, generalization
noun

  1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

  2. An act of specifying.

noun

  1. A person or thing that specifies.

  2. A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

noun

  1. A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

Synonymseyeglasses, glasses, pair of eyeglasses, pair of glasses, pair of specs, pair of spectacles
noun

  1. The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.

  2. The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

  3. A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.

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