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spectre

noun (US spelling specter; plural spectres)

«spectre» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A spectre is a ghost, or a frightening image of a ghost. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales and ghost stories, a spectre is the ghost of a dead person, often one that returns to speak to a living person

Examples

It was the spectre of her child. tree →
The spectre grinned at me. tree →
The spectre told me where the treasure lay. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «spectre» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«spectre» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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