verb
- Make explicit; specify in detail.
- usage: "You should spell out your demands"
- Spell fully and without abbreviating.
- usage: "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial"
- Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of.
- usage: "How do you spell this word" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer"
- synonyms: spell
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