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Definition: Spell Out |
Spell OutVerb1. Make explicit; specify in detail; "You shuld spell out your demands". 2. Read with difficulty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interpretation | Find out; a the meaning; of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spell Out |
| English words defined with "spell out": Ouija, Ouija board ♦ planchette. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spell out": implementational long-range plan ♦ tactical plan. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | And the stars spell out your name (Candle In The Wind 1997; performing artist: Elton John) I spell out all the hurtin' words (D-I-V-O-R-C-E; performing artist: Tammy Wynette) So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand (D-I-V-O-R-C-E; performing artist: Tammy Wynette) | |
Clever | If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Crewmembers spell out "Boxer 75,000 Landings" on the flight deck to commemorate reaching that milestone in her career. The landing was made on 19 November 1955 by Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles R. Smith, and his crewman, Roland W. Parker, flying an AD "Skyraider" of Composite Squadron 35. The original photograph was released by Commander Naval Forces Far East on 28 November 1955. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Crewmen on the flight deck spell out "Connecticut", 16 July 1951. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He had tried to spell out the headline for himself though he knew already what it was for it was the last of the book. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Legislation and regulations have been enacted that spell out guidelines for protecting workers from hazardous noise levels in the workplace and consumers from hazardous noise during leisure time pursuits. (references) | |
Business | The new law will spell out roles and responsibilities of both lessor and lessee. (references) | |
These initiatives spell out the commitment to promote independence and out-patient rehabilitation, and, as a result, many patients who would have previously been institutionalized have remained in the community. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Singapore | Implementing regulations, which spell out more clearly what is permitted and prohibited, were promulgated in October. (references) |
Economic History | Ghana | However, joint venture arrangements with Ghanaian firms should carefully spell out areas of responsibility. (references) |
Chad | The OHADA acts spell out rights for approved creditors in various categories (i.e., the treasury, wage earners, etc.). (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | These guidelines also spell out the conditions under which companies may receive one, two and three year operating licenses. (references) |
Political Rights | Croatia | Outstanding concerns included the hurried last-minute drafting of the election law, provisions on minority representation that do not clearly spell out procedures for achieving minority balance in local bodies (and that still await data from the April 2001 census), the lack of a permanent state electoral commission, the lack of transparency in parties' campaign expenditures, and the lack of regulations for campaign financing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "spell out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lexoj rrokje për rrokje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | напиши цяло, произнасям по букви, изработвам с мъка, изписвам с мъка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verklaren, verdeutlichen (clarify, elucidate, explain, point up, show clearly), entziffern (break, decipher, decode, make out, to decipher), durchbuchstabieren, buchstabieren (alphabetize, spell, to spell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לפרט (break down, detail, itemize, particularize, specify), לאית (spell), ל"סביר (account for, brighten, explain, illustrate, interpret, make clear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kibetûz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | compitare (spell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 人文字 (arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひともじ (arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellspay outay ler com dificuldade, entender (know, perceive, read, realize, savvy, sense, to understand, understand), descobrir (ascertain, bare, bewray, denudate, denude, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, elicit, espy, find, find out, get out, hunt out, hunt up, identify, lay open, lay up bare, open, pioneer, poke about, publicize, reveal, see, show up, strike, surprise, to discover, uncap, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unearth, unkennel, unmask, unveil), decifrar (clear up, decipher, decode, find, guess, make out, read, resolve, unriddle, unscramble). (various references) читать по складам (spell). (various references) sricati, detaljno objasniti. (various references) explicar detalladamente, deletrear (decipher, spell). (various references) stava sig igenom. (various references) heceleyerek okumak, hecelemek (articulate, spell, syllabicate, syllabify, syllabize, syllable), güçlükle sökmek, ayrıntılı olarak açıklamak. (various references) konkretleюdirmek (r) (make specific). (various references) читати по літерах. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: outspell, pollutes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-l-o-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: outsell, pollute, pullets, sellout, tupelos. | |
-2 letters: letups, loupes, poults, pullet, solute, tousle, tulles, tupelo. | |
-3 letters: estop, letup, lopes, losel, lotus, loupe, loups, louse, louts, lutes, ousel, pelts, pesto, plots, poets, poles, polls, poult, pouts, pules, pulls, pulse, setup, slept, slope, spell, spelt, spout, stole, stope, stoup, stull, stupe, tells, telos, toles, tolls, tolus. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-l-o-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outspells, polluters. | |
+2 letters: leucoplast, outspelled, petiolules, postbellum. | |
+3 letters: eucalyptols, leucoplasts, outspelling, plenteously. | |
+4 letters: counterspell, cupellations, equipollents, eucalyptoles, multiplexors, polypetalous, portcullises, prothalluses. | |
+5 letters: counterspells, leptocephalus, superloyalist, tablespoonful. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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