spectacle

IPA: spˈɛktʌkʌɫ

noun

  • An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
  • An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
  • (usually in the plural) glasses (instrument used to assist vision)
  • The brille of a snake.
  • (rail transport) 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.
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Examples of "spectacle" in Sentences

  • The spectacle gathered crowds.
  • Take the spectacles to your room.
  • Mitchell wore spectacles in the match.
  • She fainted from the horror of the spectacle.
  • In 1781 Peter Dollond made bifocal spectacles.
  • It is simply the echo chamber of the global Spectacle.
  • Absence of the spectacles is considered a serious fault.
  • Richardson was one of the few Australians to play with spectacles.
  • The Commissioner contemplated on the spectacle with reverence and wonder.
  • The depravity of modern online movement conservatives is a spectacle to behold.

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