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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spec•tre (spek′tər),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Termsspecter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spectre, US specter /ˈspɛktə/ n - a ghost; phantom; apparition
- a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing: the spectre of redundancy
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at spec•ter /ˈspɛktɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a visible but bodiless spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature;
a ghost:Scrooge was certain he had seen a specter of his long dead friend. - some object or source of terror or dread:the specter of disease.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] ˈspec•tre. See -spec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spec•ter (spek′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature;
ghost;
phantom;
apparition. - some object or source of terror or dread:the specter of disease or famine.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] spectre. - Latin spectrum; see spectrum
- 1595–1605
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shade. See ghost.
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