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- 1. a ghost: "a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life" Similar
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SPECTRE definition: 1. the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: 2. a ghost 3. UK spelling of…. Learn more.
a visible disembodied spirit : ghost; something that haunts or perturbs the mind : phantasm… See the full definition
Spectre definition: a ghost; phantom; apparition. See examples of SPECTRE used in a sentence.
spectre in British English. or US specter (ˈspɛktə ) noun. 1. a ghost; phantom; apparition. 2. a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing. the spectre of redundancy. Collins English Dictionary.
The word spectre (or specter) has to do with being haunted — it can be something that literally haunts you, like the ghost of your Aunt Sally who bangs the windows every night. You can also say that a reminder of something painful is a spectre.
noun. /ˈspektə (r)/ /ˈspektər/ ( US English specter) spectre (of something) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future. The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
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]
SPECTRE definition: 1. the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: 2. a ghost (= dead person's…. Learn more.
Specter definition: a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.. See examples of SPECTER used in a sentence.
spec•ter /ˈspɛktɚ/ 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-.
