spelling
spe ling
- n forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
- v orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
- v indicate or signify
- v write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
- v relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn
- v place under a spell
- v take turns working
- Why is that extra e wrong? A growing band of scholars say we should allow more variations in spelling.
- Are you smarter than a fifth grader? 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar won the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, correctly spelling laodicean.
- On a muggy afternoon last week, the 15 boys and 25 girls (spelling is a literal-minded business) clustered around microphones in the National Press Club for the finals.