Definition of Spell

to speak or write out the letters of a word in the correct order

Examples of Spell in a sentence

The teacher taught the children how to spell each word by sounding out each of the syllables.  🔊

You spell the word calendar “c-a-l-e-n-d-ar.”  🔊

If you don’t know how to spell a word, you can try to sound it out phonetically or look it up in the dictionary.  🔊

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