spec

Examples

• All

• We've got the new specs for the dam.

  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

• Is the new gasket up to spec, Jim?

  Amelia (2009)

• I worked on it on and off as a spec project for a couple of years.

  Academic text (2011)

• and this is a great little spec sheet. Wow, fantastic.

• And you know, we released the DAX API spec and some of that go look at that.

• I told Jennings they weren't up to spec, but he made me use them anyway.

  On Deadly Ground (1994)

• Look, I just say we stick with Munder's specs... and we try to fix the ship.

  Ghost Ship (2002)

• According to their specs, we did it, and they tested it for thirty-five hundred dollars.

  Academic text (1991)

• "For once, the ship exceeded the design specs." Delaney saw the crack before her monitor reported it to her.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The engineer reviewed the spec to ensure it met all safety standards.

Synonyms

S

specification

vsspec

• Specialized

75 4.4

A detailed document that lists what a product, job, or contract must have

is focused on requirements for a specific technical or design piece of work

D

documentation

vsspec

• Specialized

50 3.8

Written information that explains how to use a machine or computer program

is focused on requirements for building or designing work rather than user instructions

D

datasheet

vsspec

• Specialized

1 3.7

A document that lists detailed information, for example technical details or personal information

is a prose description used for technical work rather than tabular data

S

specs

vsspec

• Informal

1 3.5

Details about a product's features, size, and how it works

is the formal detailed written description rather than brief feature listings

Antonyms

G

generalization

• US

43 5.3

A statement that applies to many people or situations

Compounds

M

mass spec

• Jargon

4 3.8

A lab test that finds which chemicals are in a sample

How Detailed

spec

• Specialized

133 7.0

outline

59 2.7

brief

67 4.2

note

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology