Spectacle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
  2. a public show or display, especially on a large scale: The coronation was a lavish spectacle.
  3. eyeglasses, especially with pieces passing over or around the ears for holding them in place.
  4. Often spectacles.
    • something resembling spectacles in shape or function.
    • any of various devices suggesting spectacles, as one attached to a semaphore to display lights or different colors by colored glass.
  5. a spyglass.
Idioms
  1. to call attention to one's unseemly behavior; behave foolishly or badly in public: They tell me I made a spectacle of myself at the party last night.
noun
  1. a public display or performance, esp a showy or ceremonial one
  2. a thing or person seen, esp an unusual or ridiculous one
  3. a strange or interesting object or phenomenon
  4. of or relating to spectacles
Spectacle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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