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speck English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word speck once they have reached the level C2 – Proficient. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning speck meaning

What does speck mean?

speck

— noun a very small spot the plane was just a speck in the sky

— noun (= atom) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

— noun (= touch) a slight but appreciable amount this dish could use a touch of garlic

— verb produce specks in or on speck the cloth

Synonyms speck synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as speck?

speck English » English

spot

dot

point

grain

stain

speckle

particle

fleck

blot

mote

pip

jot

smear

mark

granule

blemish

bit

trace

splotch

soupcon

smirch

slur

pinpoint

pinch

touch

tinge

sully

sperm

spark

smut

smudge

semen

seed

mottle

molecule

moil

mite

macula

hint

corpuscle

blur

besmirch

atom

vertex

trifle

train-oil

tincture

teach

tally

taint

Topics speck topics

What do people use speck to talk about?

States Quantity Plural

Few, little

• What words indicate that there is a small amount of something?
  a little a bit of a small amount of trace trickle dab an element of a touch of a hint of taste of dearth grain hair inappreciable inconsequential inconsiderable infinitesimal insignificant iota limited minimum minute mite moderate modest modicum ounce particle poor scant scanty scintilla shred slight smidgen some speck spoonful suggestion suspicion tidbit tinge tiny trifle whit

States Quantity Whole, complete

Piece

• What words refer to a very small piece?
  grain flake speck fleck crumb morsel tidbit dot mote

States Quality Shape

Point, dot

• What words refer to a point?
  point dot polka dot spot pinpoint speck mote jot iota fleck period

States Quality Good Decay

Blemish

• What words refer to a blemish in something?
  blemish blot dapple excrescence freckle mole pimple speck speckle small fault

Examples speck examples

How do I use speck in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He thought of himself as a speck of dust in an immensely vast universe.

There was not a weed left in the yard, nor a speck of dust on the floors, nor a single black grain or wild pea in the wheat.

Movie subtitles

When Kepler sees a star that dims, it could be due to a speck of dust that crossed in front of the telescope.

You've never seen a speck of the city?

You're a very tiny speck in the eye of God.

I. It don't make a speck of sense.

Then they must find this speck lost somewhere on the sea.

I dare you to find a speck of dirt.

That's Altair-4, the bright speck below the star.

The tiniest speck of dust will not be tolerated.

Why do you note the speck in your brother's eye and take no notice of the beam in your own eye?

You hypocrites, first remove the beam from your own eye and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's.

Man will discover this in centuries to come, and he will also find that the world is merely a tiny speck in the universe.

How is it you see the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and are not aware of the log in your own?

But what if one of those nasty old Yanks threw a speck of dust in my other eye?

I have looked into the depths of this man's soul and I have seen a gaping void within, to reveal the awful truth, he has no soul at all, no human spark, not even the merest speck of morality so dear to mortal man does this monster possess.

And don't let me see a speck when I get back.

She's so particular, if an article is half an inch out of place or if there's a speck of dust on anything, she notices it.

Well there was a small spot of blood on his neck, just a mere speck.

One thing we don't like is a speck of dust.

I can't find a speck of food anywhere.

So you lied to me, and you admit it without a speck of shame.

There isn't a speck of dust in the whole universe where God is not present.

I stopped by their cages and they haven't eaten a speck.

I will give you a poison so strong that anyone who takes but a speck will die at once.

Any speck of dust you overlook will only anger the Chief Warden remember that!

It was a tiny black speck. - I think I've got it.

Know what I think? You know that white speck on top of chicken doo-doo?

Not a speck.

Three time machines in one infinitesimal speck of space and time!

What was the idea that you started picking up the broom and started running around and picking up every little speck of dirt?

That would be like looking for a single speck of dust at the bottom of an argonite mine.

You know that white speck on top of chicken doo-doo?

She's just like that little white speck on top of old chicken shit!

A fleck of mud, a speck of paint, clues that speak volumes to an investigator like him!

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye but pay no attention to the log in your own eye?

Nowhere was there even the smallest of animals or the tiniest speck of green.

Everything humans have ever done occurred in that bright speck at the lower right of the cosmic calendar.

I see a little speck on the map, but there's.

Where every man and woman might feel half, a quarter the merest speck of what I feel for you.

Bob Speck.

News and current affairs

However, the assault from Japan, a speck of dust in its own backyard, shattered this self-assurance and was experienced as a shocking and intolerable humiliation.