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spell out

VERB
  1. 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?
  2. make explicit; specify in detail
    You should spell out your demands
  3. 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.
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