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spec'ing out

spec'ing out is the present participle and gerund of spec out.

Meaning of spec out

Verb

spec out (third-person singular simple present specs out, present participle speccing out or spec'ing out, simple past and past participle specced out or spec'd out)

  1. (transitive) To create (draw up) the list of specifications for (something); to specify all the attributes of (something).
    • The engineer has been asked to spec out a new model line.
  2. (transitive) Synonym of spec up (improve, optimize, or maximize the attributes of (something).
    Synonyms:
    spec up

Questions about spec'ing out

What is spec'ing out the present participle and gerund of?
Spec'ing out is the present participle and gerund of spec out.

Words near spec'ing out in the dictionary

  1. spec scripts
  2. spec up
  3. spec'd
  4. spec'd out
  5. spec'ing
  6. spec'ing out
  7. Spec-chum
  8. Spec-chums
  9. spec.
  10. specced
  11. specced out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spec'ing out (page history and authors); spec out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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