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spec·tre
(spĕk′tər)n. Chiefly British
Variant of specter.
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spectre
(ˈspɛktə) orspecter
n
1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a ghost; phantom; apparition
2. a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing: the spectre of redundancy.
[C17: from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at]
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spec•ter
(ˈspɛk tər)n.
1. a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
2. some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease.
Also, esp. Brit., spectre. [1595–1605; < Latin spectrum; see spectrum]
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| Noun | 1. |  spectre - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day |
| 2. |  spectre - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" |
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spectre
noun ghost, spirit, phantom, presence, vision, shadow, shade (literary), apparition, wraith, eidolon His spectre is said to walk the castle battlements.
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Translations
duchzjevení
spøgelse
draugur
rēgsspoks
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spectre
[ˈspɛktər] (British) specter (US) n [war, famine, poverty, death] → spectre m
(= ghost) → spectre m
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spectre
, (US) spectern → Gespenst nt; (fig) → (Schreck)gespenst nt; the spectre of a woman in white → die Erscheinung einer Frau in Weiß
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spectre
(American usually) specter (ˈspektə) noun a ghost.
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