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Meanings of spectacles in English

Portuguese
espetáculos
Catalan
ulleres
Wikidata

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.

              Related terms
              spectacles
              Synonyms
              Examples for "glasses"
              Examples for "glasses"
              1
              She could see much better today than yesterday and didn't need glasses.
              Stash
              2
              In my latter years, however, glasses-wearing has become a bit more complicated.
              The Irish Times
              3
              The restaurant has been given 28 days to change all its glasses.
              The Irish Times
              4
              It's convenient because you don't need glasses to view the 3-D effect.
              Wired
              5
              Clothes, glasses and rosaries were used to identify some of the victims.
              Radio NZ
              1
              Of course, with specs on, he might have asked Wriggles for help.
              Existence
              2
              They have decent specs and decent price points and look fine enough.
              Wired
              3
              Otherwise, the power specs on this are great for the everyday user.
              Independent.ie
              4
              The new specs have an improved image processor and improved WiFi chip.
              Wired
              5
              The specs for the iPad's rear-facing camera only lists one number: 720p.
              Wired
              1
              THE eyes are not proud of their sight but of their eyeglasses.
              Stray Birds
              2
              He tapped his eyeglasses meditatively upon the bridge of his high-arched nose.
              The Silver Horde
              3
              Mrs. Jameson arose and bowed to the company, and adjusted her eyeglasses.
              The Jamesons
              4
              Mr. Sprudell removed his eyeglasses with great deliberation and pursed his lips:
              The Man from the Bitter Roots
              5
              The first eyeglasses were fabricated by pouring molten glass into curved molds.
              Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
              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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              Russian
              spectacles
              Spanish
              spectacles
              Spectacles through the time
              Spectacles across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common
              Ireland
              Less common