transcription, транскрипция: [ spektə(r) ]
( spectres)
Note: in AM, use 'specter'
1.
If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur.
Failure to arrive at a consensus over the issue raised the spectre of legal action...
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2.
A spectre is a ghost . ( LITERARY )
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