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spell ¹  (spl)

v. spelled or spelt (splt), spell·ing, spells

v.tr.

1. To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word or part of a word).

2. To constitute the letters of (a word): These letters spell animal.

3. To add up to; signify: Their unwise investment could spell financial ruin.

v.intr.

To form words by means of letters.

Phrasal Verbs:

spell down

To defeat in a spelling bee.

spell out

1. To make perfectly clear and understandable: asked him to spell out his objectives.

2. To read slowly and laboriously.

3. To puzzle out; comprehend by study.

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[Middle English spellen, to read letter by letter, from Old French espeller, of Germanic origin.]

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spell ²  (spl)

n.

1.

a. A word or formula believed to have magic power.

b. A bewitched state; a trance.

2. A compelling attraction; charm or fascination: the spell of the theater.

tr.v. spelled, spell·ing, spells

To put (someone) under a spell; bewitch.

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[Middle English, discourse, from Old English.]

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spell ¹

Verb

[spelling, spelt] or spelled

1. to write or name in correct order the letters that make up (a word): how do you spell that name?

2. (of letters) to make up (a word): c-a-t spells cat

3. to indicate (a particular result): share price slump spells disaster

See also spell out [Old French espeller]

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spell ²

Noun

1. a sequence of words used to perform magic

2. the effect of a spell: the wizard's spell was broken

3. under someone's spell fascinated by someone [Old English spell speech]

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spell ³

Noun

1. a period of time of weather or activity: the dry spell, a short spell in prison

2. a period of duty after which one person or group relieves another

3. Scot, Austral & NZ a period of rest [Old English spelian to take the place of]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spell - a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation trance, enchantment mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" possession - being controlled by passion or the supernatural captivation, fascination - the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
	2.	spell - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" go, tour, turn duty period, work shift, shift - the time period during which you are at work
	3.	spell - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" while, patch, piece time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" cold snap, cold spell - a spell of cold weather hot spell - a spell of hot weather snap - a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"
	4.	spell - a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" magic spell, magical spell, charm speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" conjuration, incantation - a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect hex, jinx, whammy, curse - an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
Verb	1.	spell - orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer" spell out misspell - spell incorrectly recite - repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
	2.	spell - indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" import mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
	3.	spell - write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" write spell out - spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?" hyphen, hyphenate - divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"
	4.	spell - relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled her husband at the wheel" relieve, take over - free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
	5.	spell - place under a spell glamour, hex, jinx, witch, bewitch, enchant - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something unspell - release from a spell
	6.	spell - take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours" take turns, alternate - do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"

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spell ¹

verb indicate, mean, signify, suggest, promise, point to, imply, amount to, herald, augur, presage, portend

spell something out make clear or plain, specify, make explicit, clarify, elucidate, explicate

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spell ²

noun 1. incantation, charm, sorcery, exorcism, abracadabra, witchery, conjuration, makutu N.Z.

noun 2. enchantment, magic, fascination, glamour, allure, bewitchment

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spell ³

noun period, time, term, stretch, turn, course, season, patch, interval, bout, stint

Translations

spell [spɛl] n (also: magic spell) → encanto, hechizo (= period of time); rato, período (= turn); turno

vt [pt spelt or spelled, pp ] [spɛlt, spɛld] (also: spell out) → deletrear;

(fig) → anunciar, presagiar;

to cast a spell on sb → hechizar a algn;

he can't spell → no sabe escribir bien, comete faltas de ortografía;

can you spell it for me? → ¿cómo se deletrea or se escribe?;

how do you spell your name? → ¿cómo se escribe tu nombre?

spell [spɛl] n (also: magic spell) → sortilège m, charme m (= period of time); (courte) période

vt [spelt or spelled , pt , pp ] [spɛlt, spɛld] (in writing) → écrire, orthographier;

(aloud) → épeler (fig); signifier;

to cast a spell on sb → jeter un sort à qn;

he can't spell → il fait des fautes d'orthographe;

how do you spell your name? → comment écrivez- vous votre nom?;

can you spell it for me? → pouvez-vous me l'épeler?

spell out vt (= explain);

to spell sth out for sb → expliquer qch clairement à qn

spell [spɛl] [spelt ] (Brit) [spelled , pt, pp ] n (also: magic spell) → Zauber m;

(incantation) → Zauberspruch m;

(period of time) → Zeit f, Weile f

vt → schreiben;

(also: spell out) (aloud) → buchstabieren;

(signify) → bedeuten;

to cast a spell on sb → jdn verzaubern;

cold spell → Kältewelle f;

how do you spell your name? → wie schreibt sich Ihr Name?;

can you spell it for me? → können Sie das bitte buchstabieren?;

he can't spell → er kann keine Rechtschreibung

spell [spɛl] n (also: magic spell) → incantesimo (= period of time); (breve) periodo

vt [pt spelt or spelled, pp ] [spɛlt, spɛld] (in writing) → scrivere (lettera per lettera);

(aloud) → dire lettera per lettera;

(fig) → significare;

to cast a spell on sb → fare un incantesimo a qn;

he can't spell → fa errori di ortografia;

how do you spell your name? → come si scrive il suo nome?;

can you spell it for me? → me lo può dettare lettera per lettera?

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spell¹

v spell [spel]

1 to name or give in order the letters of (a word) I asked him to spell his name for me.spelيَتَهَجّى الإسْمказвам буква по букваhláskovatstavebuchstabierenσυλλαβίζωdeletreartähthaaval ütlemaهجي كردنtavataépelerלְאָייֵתठीक हिज्जे करनाsricati, izgovarati slovo po slovobetűzmengejastafacompitareつづりを言う(...의) 철자를 말하다(pa)sakyti/(pa)rašyti, (pa)skaityti paraidžiuinosaukt pa burtiemmengejaspellenstaveliterowaćsoletrara spune pe litere, a face spel­lingпроизносить или писать по буквамhláskovaťčrkovatispelovatistavaอ่านสะกดคำhecelemek, harf harf söylemek拼寫вимовляти по літерах; читати по складахہجّے کرناđánh vần拼写

2 (of letters) to form (a word) C-a-t spells `cat'.spelيَقْرأ حُروفاобразувам думаdávatsigeergebenσχηματίζω λέξη, διαβάζομαι (για γράμμα)formar(sõna) moodustama, teeb kokkuتشكيل دادنmuodostaa sanadonnerלְהַרכִּיב מִילָהहिज्जेpisati sebetűzve....membentuk katamyndaformare, dare～という語になる(글자가 단어를) 만들다sudarytisastādīt; veidotmengejade spelling zijn vanstavesczytać sięler-sea daсоставлятьdávať dohromadysestavljati (besede)činitistavasจัดเรียงคำharflerini oluşturmak(字母)拼作утворювати, складатиحرفوں کا مل کر لفظ بناناviết theo chính tả（字母）拼作

3 to (be able to) spell words correctly I can't spell!spelيَتَهَجّى الكَلِمَهпроизнасям буква по букваznát pravopisstavebuchstabierenξέρω ορθογραφίαescribir correctamente(õigesti) kirjutamaبه درستي هجي كردنkirjoittaa oikeinsavoir l'orthographeלְאַיֵיתठीक हिज्जे करने में समर्थ होनाispravno pisatihelyesen írmengejastafsetja(scrivere correttamente)つづる철자를 쓰다taisyklingai rašytirakstīt (vārdus) pareizimengejaspellenstave/skrive rettpisać ortograficzniegrafar correctamentea scrie/a spune pe litereписать правильноsprávne písaťznati pravilno pisatispelovatistavaสะกดคำhecelemek(能正確)拼字писати слова правильноصحیح ہجّے کرناđánh vần, viết vần（能正确）拼字

4 to mean or amount to This spells disaster.loop uit op, betekenيُنْبئُ بِ، يَعْنيпредвещавамznamenatbetydebedeutenσημαίνω, ισοδυναμώ μεsignificar, representartähendamaبه معني چيزي بودنtietääsignifier, mener àפֵּירוּשוֹअर्थ होनाnagoviještati, značitijelentberartiþÿða, jafngildasignificare意味する의미하다; (결과적으로) ...이 되다reikštinozīmētmenandakanbetekenenbetyoznaczaćsignificara însemna, a semnificaозначатьznamenaťpomenitiznačitibetydaความหมายanlamına gelmek意味著означати, призводити доکسی انجام کو پہنچتا نظر آناbáo hiệu意味着

n speller

1 a computer program that corrects spelling mistakes. speltoetserبَرنامَج التَّهْجِئَه على الحاسوبкомп. програма за поправяне на грешкиpočítačový program kontrolující pravopisstaveprogramdie Rechtschreibkontrolleορθογράφος Η/Υcorrector ortográficospeller, õigekirja kontrollijaبرنامه ي صحت هجي كلماتcorrecteur d'orthographeמְאַייֵתहिज्जे ठीक करने का एक कंप्यूटर प्रोग्रामprogram koji ispravlja pravopisne pogreškehelyesírásellenőrző programpengoreksi ejaan dalam komputer(correttore ortografico)?컴퓨터? 오자 교정 프로그램rašybos kontrolės programapareizrakstības programma datorāprogram ejaanspellingsprogrammastavekontrollprogram sprawdzający ortografięкомпьютерная программа корректорpočítačový program opravy pravopisných chýbčrkovalnikprogram za kontrolu pravopisarättstavningsprogramโปรแกรมตรวจคำผิดimlâ denetleyicisi計算機拼寫檢查程式програма перевірки орфографіїہجّے صحیح کرنے والا کمپیوٹر کا پروگرامchương trình chữa lỗi chính tả计算机拼写检查程序

2 someone who is good or bad at spelling She is a good speller.spellerالمُتَهَجّيчовек, който пише правилноkdo (ne)umí pravopisstaverder Buchtabiererκαλός ή κακός στην ορθογραφίαortógrafoõigekirjutajaكسي كه كلمات را هجي مي كندpersonne bonne ou mauvaise en orthographeמְאַייֵת טוֹבहिज्जे ठीक या खराब करने वालाonaj koji sriče, pišejó v. rossz helyesíróorang yang baik/buruk ejaannya(chi compita)字をつづる人글자를 쓰는 사람raštingas, mažaraštisrakstītpratējspandai mengejaspelleren som staver[] z ortografiiнеграмотный человекčlovek, ktorý hláskujekdor črkujeonaj koji pravilno piše[] att stavaผู้สะกดคำheceleyen (kimse)拼字者людина, яка пише (не)грамотноاچھا یا برا ہجّے کرنے والاngười đánh vần拼字者

3 (American) a book for teaching spelling. spellingboekكِتاب تَعْليم التَّهْجِئَهправописен речникcvičebnice pravopisulærebog i stavningdas Buchstabierlehrbuchεγχειρίδιο ορθογραφίαςmanual de ortografíaõigekirja õpikكتاب املاmanuel d'orthographeסֵפֶר לְאִיוּתहिज्जे सिखाने वाली किताबknjiga za sricanje, početnicahelyesírási munkafüzetbuku ejaansillabarioつづり字教本철자 교본rašybos vadovėlispareizrakstības mācību grāmatabuku ejaanabc-boekstavebok, rettskrivingsordlistesłownik ortograficznyорфографический справочникpravopisná príručkaknjiga za črkovanjebukvarrättskrivningsläraหนังสือสอนการสะกดคำimlâ kılavuzu拼音課本збірник вправ із правописуہجّے سکھانے والی کتابsách học vần拼音课本

n ˈspelling

Her spelling is terrible; (also adjective ) The teacher gave the children a spelling lesson/test.spellingتَهْجِئَهправописpravopis(ný)stavning; stave-die Rechtschreibung; Rechtschreibe-...ορθογραφίαortografíaõigekiri, õigekirja-oikeinkirjoitusorthographeכְּתִיבवर्तनी, हिज्जे, वर्ण विन्यासsricanje, pravilno pisanje riječihelyesírásejaanstafsetningspelling, ortografia語のつづり方철자법rašybapareizrakstība; pareizrakstības-ejaanspellingortografi, rettskrivingortografiaortografia(de) ortografieправописание; орфографияhláskovanie, pravopis; pravopisnýpravopisspelovanjestavningการสะกดคำheceleme, yazım, imlâ拼字правопис, орфографіяہجّے کرنے کی صلاحیتviệc viết chính tả拼字