See spectacle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "spectacle", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "spectacles", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "hyphenation": "spec‧ta‧cle", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "examples": [ { "text": "I will never forget the spectacle of watching trying to carry all his bags home from the station." } ], "glosses": [ "A spectacle is something that you see that is unusual or notable." ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was quite a spectacle." } ], "glosses": [ "A spectacle is a display or event on a grand scale." ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "While trying to impress the boys, she fell over in her high heel shoes, making a real spectacle of herself." } ], "glosses": [ "To make a spectacle of yourself you do something stupid that other people can see." ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈspɛktəkl̩/" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-spectacle.wav", "tags": [ "UK" ] } ], "word": "spectacle" }
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