spectacles
pronunciation
How to pronounce spectacles in British English:
UK ['spektəklz]
How to pronounce spectacles in American English:
US ['spektəkəlz]
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- Noun:
- optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
Word Origin
- spectacles (n.)
- "glass lenses to help a person's sight," early 15c., from plural of spectacle. Earlier in singular form (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Google has an ambitious vision for spectacles .
- 2. He only wore spectacles when he read .
- 3. Then he put on his spectacles and showed us some specimens of spiders .
- 4. The robot can also help find misplaced spectacles by identifying them with a sensor .
- 5. Even the spectacles would have been awkward and prone to breaking back then .