Meaning

1 senses
  1. UK and Australia standard spelling of specter.

More definitions
  • a mental representation of some haunting experience
  • a ghostly appearing figure

Examples

8 sentences
  1. A spectre haunts Europe: the spectre of communism.

    Привид ходить по Європі, привид комунізму. — Ahha

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе, призрак коммунизма. — al_ex_an_der

    deEin Gespenst geht um in Europa: Das Gespenst des Kommunismus. — BraveSentry

  2. A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.

    Привид ходить по Європі, привид комунізму. — Ahha

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе, призрак коммунизма. — al_ex_an_der

    deEin Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism.

    deEin Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе — призрак коммунизма. — Balamax

    deEin Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The spectre's voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones.

    deDie Stimme des Geistes erschütterte ihn bis in die Knochen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Forms

plural: spectres
Singularspectre
Pluralspectres

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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