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The meaning of SPECTER is a visible disembodied spirit : ghost. How to use specter in a sentence.
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. Synonyms: shade. some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease or famine.
noun [ C ] (also spectre) us / ˈspek·tər / Add to word list. something that causes fear or worry: The specter of inflation concerns many voters. The familiar specter of adversity continues to accompany him. A specter is also a ghost (= the spirit of a dead person that can be seen).
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the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: The awful specter of civil war looms over the country. Drought and war have raised the specter of food shortages for up to 24 million African people. [ C ] literary. a ghost.
Specter is essentially another word for ghost in everyday usage. One important difference is that a ghost typically serves as a reminder of something that happened in the past, while a specter portends something that will happen in the future.
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noun. specters. A ghost; apparition. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect. The terrible specter of nuclear war. American Heritage. Any object of fear or dread.
noun. (Canadian English usually spectre) /ˈspɛktər/. specter (of something) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future The country is haunted by the specter of civil war. These weeks of drought have once again raised the specter of widespread famine.
noun. 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 or famine. Also (esp. Brit.): spectre SYNONYMS 1. shade. See ghost. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
