Wednesday, June 29, 2016

SPECTACLE

WORD: SPECTACLE

MEANING:
1.
a. Something that can be seen or viewed, especially something of a remarkable or impressive nature.
b. A public performance or display, especially one on a large or lavish scale.
c. A regrettable public display, as of bad behavior: drank too much and made a spectacle of himself.
2. spectacles
a. A pair of eyeglasses.
b. Something resembling eyeglasses in shape or suggesting them in function.
3. sight, display, show, scene, vision

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A double dose of a Bollywood superstar intent on pushing himself into new zones as an actor makes for a passably watchable spectacle in Maneesh Sharma's Fan. 
2. the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape

PRONOUNCE:
spec·ta·cle - स्पेक्टकल

LINK: SPECTACLE

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