noun Download 🔗Share Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. Examples : "The spectacles of urban poverty are a stark reminder of social inequality. " appearance wear device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. Examples : "Spouses should make a great pair." person family group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) Examples : "a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans" appearance medicine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke. Examples : "A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders." animal work agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand. Examples : "My brother had a pair of jacks, but it was only a pair of jacks—just spectacles, not a full house or a flush. " game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match. Examples : "The batsman's spectacles in the cricket match meant he scored zero runs in both innings. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A double play, two outs recorded in one play. Examples : "They turned a pair to end the fifth." sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams Examples : "The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies." sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A boat for two sweep rowers. Examples : "The rowing club rented several spectacles for their practice session. " nautical vehicle sport sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pair of breasts Examples : "The artist sculpted a beautiful pair of spectacles, capturing the form of the woman's figure. " body sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons. Examples : "The opposition party's spectacles of excluding the Labour representative from the vote was due to the absence of a key Conservative member, for a serious family illness. " politics government law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time. Examples : "There were two pairs on the final vote." politics government law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set. Examples : "The jewelry store displayed spectacles of colorful gemstones, each more dazzling than the last. " group thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair. Examples : "The gears in the clock's mechanism are a set of spectacles, allowing the hands to move smoothly. " technology machine physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc. Examples : "The horse race was a thrilling spectacle." entertainment event stage Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. Examples : "My grandfather uses spectacles to read the newspaper. " medicine technology device wear anatomy physiology body aid Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An aid to the intellectual sight. Examples : "Reading the complex economics textbook required spectacles of careful analysis and understanding. " medicine aid appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A spyglass; a looking-glass. Examples : "The astronomer used his spectacles to examine the distant stars. " appearance device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The brille of a snake. Examples : "The snake's spectacles, usually clear, clouded over just before it shed its skin. " animal biology anatomy part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm. Examples : "The train engineer checked the spectacles on the semaphore signal arm before operating the train at night. " signal device machine vehicle technical communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "My grandfather always kept his spectacles on a chain around his neck so he wouldn't lose them. " appearance medicine device wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading