Home › Words › S › specificationspecificationspecification means an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.EtymologyFrom Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio).nounAn explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.e.g.“The contractor followed the architect’s specifications.”An act of specifying.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.specifications 84% match — A set of requirements defining an exact description of an object or a process. vs specification →spec 71% match — To specify, especially in a formal specification document. vs specification →specifying 63% match — The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly. vs specification →subspecification 62% match — A subordinate part of a specification vs specification →specifiedness 60% match — The quality of being specified. vs specification →specifier 59% match — A person or thing that specifies. vs specification →underspecification 57% match — Inadequate specification; failure to specify in enough detail. vs specification →specificate 56% match — To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify. vs specification →