- nounspelling (noun) · spellings (plural noun)
- the process or activity of writing or naming the letters of a word:"the books and spelling in my class were too simple"
- the way a word is spelled:"the spelling of his name was influenced by French"
- a person's ability to spell words:"her spelling was deplorable"
verbspelling (present participle)- write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence:"Dolly spelled her name" · "journals have a house style about how to spell"
- (of letters) make up or form (a word):"the letters spell the word ‘how’"
- be a sign or characteristic of:"she had the chic, efficient look that spells Milan"
- mean or have as a result:"the plans would spell disaster for the economy"
OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French espeller, from the Germanic base of spell.verbspelling (present participle)- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHallow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in some activity:"I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel"
- AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISHtake a brief rest:"I'll spell for a bit"
Originlate 16th century: variant of dialect spele ‘take the place of’, of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘shift of relief workers’.
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