VERB
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orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
We had to spell out our names for the police officer
How do you spell this word? -
make explicit; specify in detail
You should spell out your demands -
spell fully and without abbreviating
Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?
How To Use spell out In A Sentence
- You might have noticed by now that the keywords Mr. McWhorter has chosen to mark "language-ness" spell out the word "idiom"—which is apt, in that idioms are the parts of language that are the most ingrown, disheveled, intricate, oral and mixed. Strange and Twisted Tongues
- I never have to spell out my first name.
- Although it's so long since I took a linguistics subject that I'd forgotten what a dipthong is and had to Wiki it... are you able to kind of spell out how bead would be pronounced if it were dipthongised vs. not dipthongised? Also, WTF?
- Paul goes on to spell out once more the truth regarding Christ's resurrection.
- Even if I could do it, it's impossible to spell out a detailed policy prescription in a blog.
- Be assertive and spell out exactly how you feel.
- When writing, if you use initials for a long name, make sure you spell out the name at least once.
- The courts have not been given a mandate to spell out collective responsibilities, and even less to police them.
- Can you rearrange each set of letter blocks to spell out the names of five celebrity chefs? The Sun
- In response, the pointer allegedly moves in such a way as to spell out or point to a spiritualistic and telepathic answer on the board.