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spectacular
What does spectacular mean?
spectacular (adjective): sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use spectacular in a sentence?
- It was a spectacular play. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce spectacular?
/spɛkˈtækjəlɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does spectacular come from?
From Latin spectaculum (“a sight, show”) + -ar.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of spectacular?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “spectacular” mean?
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
Not quite: that's what happy means.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
Not quite: that's what stupid means.
having a large physical extent from side to side
Not quite: that's what wide means.
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
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Which word is closest in meaning to “spectacular”?
complete
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original
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dramatic
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possible
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