spell

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But it's still good to spell this out explicitly.

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Quick take

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spell gathered in one view.

noun

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

noun

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"

noun

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spell.

noun

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

noun

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"

noun

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"

verb

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"

verb

indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

verb

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"

verb

relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled her husband at the wheel"

verb

place under a spell

verb

take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"

Example sentences

But it's still good to spell this out explicitly.

Once my sister received all 30 cards they would spell out a Happy Birthday message to her.

We do not directly observe review fraud, and we clearly spell this out in the paper.

That shouldn't spell doom for the packaging service or for Facebook.

They know how well you can spell and know how well you type, not just in general but down to specific letter sequences.

Hey mkl,So they'll be a shorter version of this on the main site soon, but I can spell it out at greater length and more informally here.

Sometimes he types clues on the iPod Touch his parents gave him, because he long ago learned to spell the things that matter to him.

His articles are often published without any attributions or even basic spell checking.

In the meantime, let's see if crowd-funding can be used to give us new ways of raising capital and if the IPO market can't be rejuvenated after a long dead spell.

"I used to be under some kind of crazy delusional spell that the above was correct and it was somehow my fault that I wasn't correctly adapting to AWS's numerous failings.

So if the per-engine failure rate is too high that could spell bad news for overall vehicle reliability even if the launcher can survive 1st stage engine failures remarkably well.