Spell - Simple English Wiktionary

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spell is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
speed - spell - spend

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: spĕl, IPA(key): /spɛl/
  • SAMPA: /spEl/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Verb

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Plain form spell

Third-person singular spells

Past tense spelled

Past participle spelled

Present participle spelling

Plain form spell

Third-person singular spells

Past tense spelt

Past participle spelt

Present participle spelling

  1. (of letters) To make up a word. C, A and T spell cat.
  2. To say or write all the letters that make up a word, in the right order. Jack says: "Spell cat for me, Jill." Jill says: "C-A-T."
  3. To spell all the words in a language correctly. Jack says: I thought cat was spelled K-A-T. Jill says: That is because you cannot spell very well.

Synonyms

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  • spell out
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  • parse

Noun

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Singular spell

Plural spells
  1. A spell is an amount of time.
    • Synonyms: period and time
    He stayed in his house for quite a spell.
  2. What happens during an amount of time. We've had a bad spell of weather.
  3. Words supposed to have a magical power, or the effect they are supposed to have.
    • Synonym: incantation
    He cast a spell on us. The witch cast an evil spell on the princess.
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