spell
spell
spɛl
spel
/spɛl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "spell"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to write or say the letters that form a word one by one in the right order
Transitive: to spell a word
to spell definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I often use a dictionary to help me spell difficult words.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to be the letters being put together in the correct order form a particular word
Transitive: to spell a word
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The letters " c-a-t " spell the word " cat. "
"c-a-t" āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ "āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ" āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋, āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to indicate or signify something, often in a clear or explicit way
Transitive: to spell a situation or sentiment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dark clouds gathering overhead spelled an imminent storm.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‡āϘ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to temporarily take over or substitute for another person's duties or responsibilities
Transitive: to spell sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need someone to spell me at the reception desk while I take a quick break.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻĒāĻļāύ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞāĻžāĻ­āĻŋāώāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to captivate or enchant someone or something through magical or compelling means
Transitive: to spell sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The magician 's tricks and illusions were so skillful that they seemed to spell the entire audience.
āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a mental or emotional state as if caused by magic

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The music cast a spell over the audience.
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a period of work, duty, or activity after which one is relieved or replaced

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nurses take turns, each covering a spell of night duty.
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ

a short period of time of something particular
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She experienced a dizzy spell and had to sit down.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a set of words believed to have magical power

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ancient texts describe spells for healing or protection.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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