spectacular
[ spek-tak-yuh-ler ]
/ spɛkˈtæk yə lər /
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adjective
of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
dramatically daring or thrilling: a spectacular dive from a cliff.
noun
a single television production featuring well-known performers and characterized by elaborate sets, costumes, staging, etc.Compare special (def. 14).
an impressive, large-scale display: another Hollywood spectacular.
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How to use spectacular in a sentence
But here in Golden, which had been his home, the spectacularity of his passing seemed to have had an even more profound effect.
Down the Columbia|Lewis R. FreemanNature's spectacularity diverted him, as if he had been a child, from his own affairs, which seemed to give him a dull pain.
The Debtor|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for spectacular
spectacular
/ (spɛkˈtækjʊlə) /
adjective
of or resembling a spectacle; impressive, grand, or dramatic
unusually marked or greata spectacular increase in spending
noun
a lavishly produced performance
Derived forms of spectacular
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