Meaning & use
Spectres
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Ghosts or phantoms; also, haunting and threatening prospects of something unpleasant.
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The old castle was said to be haunted by spectres of its former lords.
Economists warned of the spectres of inflation and recession looming over the economy.
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Spelled 'spectre' in British English and 'specter' in American English, both from the Latin 'spectrum,' meaning appearance or apparition.
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