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# spec

verb (informal, dialect; spec, specs, specced)

«spec» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Spec is a dialect short form of «suspect» in the sense «suppose» or «reckon»: I spec means I suppose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spec/#m1)

### In the lessons

dialect speech in old tales, meaning I suppose or I reckon; it is not used in school writing

### Examples

- I spec I will grow away from it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spec/#x1)
- I spec it will rain today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spec/#x2)
- We spec the dog has run home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spec/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spec» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spec/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spec» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spec.html) on Mova free.