Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
verb
To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To replace an abbreviation with its unabbreviated form, such an acronym with its expansion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: when writing or editing
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To explain in clear and simple terms; to be explicit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: spell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recite
Narrower terms: misspell
verb
make explicit; specify in detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
verb
spell fully and without abbreviating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spell, write
History
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