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spectacle
[ spek-tuh-kuhl ]
noun
- anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind:
The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a public show or display, especially on a large scale:
The coronation was a lavish spectacle.
- spectacles. eyeglasses, especially with pieces passing over or around the ears for holding them in place.
- Often spectacles.
- something resembling spectacles in shape or function.
- any of various devices suggesting spectacles, as one attached to a semaphore to display lights or different colors by colored glass.
- Obsolete. a spyglass.
spectacle
/ ˈɛəə /
noun
- a public display or performance, esp a showy or ceremonial one
- a thing or person seen, esp an unusual or ridiculous one
he makes a spectacle of himself
- a strange or interesting object or phenomenon
- modifier of or relating to spectacles
a spectacle case
Other Word Forms
- t·· adjective
- t·· adjective
- p·t· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of spectacle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spectacle1
Idioms and Phrases
- make a spectacle of oneself, to call attention to one's unseemly behavior; behave foolishly or badly in public:
They tell me I made a spectacle of myself at the party last night.
Example Sentences
But as a head of state and leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide, it will still be a spectacle of ceremony and tradition.
Jake Lang, who spent years in jail while contending with multiple charges for violence during the Capitol riot, is making a racist spectacle of a high school murder case in Texas.
It seems like ancient history now, but once upon a time, there was a little backdoor pilot that dreamed of growing up to be a full-fledged reality television spectacle.
It was not long before the spectacle of the London Marathon captured his imagination and he nagged his parents to help him peer over the barriers for a closer look at the elites.
With all its spectacle and chaos, Donald Trump’s shock and awe strategy is both domestic and global.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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