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spec'ed

English translation: specified

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English term or phrase:spec'ed
Selected answer:specified
Entered by: Ramona Ali

08:34 Jul 1, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: spec'ed
Part of a video script, telephone conversation between ABC installation Supervisor and ABC Logistics Centre staff member:

Staff: That's the way the order came in. Your guys spec'ed the job wrong.
Supervisor: Hey, I know what I spec’ed, I’m looking at the paperwork.
Staff: We shipped the right panels; you got the specs wrong.

I know that 'spec' refers to the job specifications, but when they use it as a verb, what are they talking about? That the supervisor prepares instructions for the job? That the job instructions he entered does not match the order he placed?

Thanks.
Ramona Ali
Local time: 09:24
specified
Explanation:
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:24
Grading comment
Thanks, David!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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specified


Explanation:
Abbreviation

David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks, David!

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
specified


Explanation:
... your guys specified the job wrong

Fox76 (X)
Local time: 03:24
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
specified


Explanation:
I think they mean that the guy that had ordered had made a wrong order so the shipped things do not match what is needed.

Yoana Yotova
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Explanation


Explanation:
As others have already explained, spec'ed is short for specified.

The staff are claiming they sent the correct panels, as requested in the specs. This would mean that the supervisor specified the wrong panels; he is convinced he ordered different panels.

vixen
Greece
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of: Dutch
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