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Meanings of spectacles in English

Portuguese
espetáculos
Catalan
ulleres
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Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.

espetáculos
Russian
spectacles
Portuguese
spectacles
Spanish
spectacles
Wikidata

Pair of smartglasses developed and manufactured by Snap Inc.

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spectacles
Usage of spectacles in English
1
The new facility will produce high-quality prescription spectacles for the European market.
The Irish Times
2
He said the ultimate objective is to preserve great spectacles of wildlife.
The new yorker
3
His eyes were misty; and he thought the fault in his spectacles.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
4
David Clark as health minister will not be Jonathan Coleman in spectacles.
Radio NZ
5
Near the table stood the customer in the blue spectacles, shouting angrily:
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
6
He wore thick-lensed spectacles and used a magnifying glass for close work.
The Asylum
7
The lawyer took off his spectacles; he began rubbing the glasses carefully.
The End of Her Honeymoon
8
One third of these children do not have the necessary corrective spectacles.
Pubmed
9
Christ-torturing spectacles starring Jim Caviezel really only make sense at lambing time.
The Irish Times
10
The only one she has done this year is for Vogue spectacles.
The Guardian
11
He would peer over his spectacles as he asked: What's this mean?
The Guardian
12
People no longer have experiences in this world, they merely observe spectacles.
The Irish Times
13
But the most wonderful spectacles of the day were the dumb-bell exercises.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series
14
Fires are my business, besides being the greatest spectacles in the world.
White Ashes
15
The President looked over his spectacles at the irons and spoke sharply:
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
16
Everything in this way was effected by the large pair of spectacles.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
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Translations for spectacles
Russian
spectacles
Spanish
spectacles
Spectacles through the time
Spectacles across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common