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An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
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The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
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An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
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He made a spectacle out of himself.
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(usually in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
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An aid to the intellectual sight.
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A spyglass; a looking-glass.
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The brille of a snake.
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A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.