specs

plural noun

ˈspeks 

chiefly British, informal

: glasses, spectacles

Every day, I'm asked to support a charitable cause—to … donate a pair of specs or a frock.

—Janet Street-Porter

… put on her specs to read a few remarks off a card.

—Garrison Keillor

Synonyms

• eyeglasses
• glass
• spectacles

Examples of specs in a Sentence

I wear specs to read

Word History

Etymology

contraction of spectacles

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

specs

plural noun

ˈspeks 

informal

: glass entry 1 sense 2b

Legal Definition

specs

noun plural

: specifications