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spell out

verb

Definitions

  1. To form (a word) from letters

    To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.

    • He used Scrabble tiles to spell out “I LOVE YOU”.

  2. To replace an acronym with its expansion.

  3. To explain in clear and simple terms

    To explain in clear and simple terms; to be explicit.

    • Here is a brochure that spells out the benefits.

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Derived

spell it out, spellout, spell things out

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spell out. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA