specification

Other forms of specification

plural

specifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about specification

What does specification mean?

specification means "a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in specification?

specification has 5 syllables: spec-i-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for specification?

Close synonyms include spec, stipulation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is specification a common word?

specification is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with specification?

104 words rhyme with specification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.