Spell-check
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of spellcheck. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Some people might wonder why we still need copy editors when we have spell-check. Although it is a pain whenever I want to double a consonant before a suffix, per New Yorker style, and the spell-check prefers the no-frills version—“mislabeled,” say, instead of “mislabelled”—and I have to go back and poke in the extra letter and then put up with a disapproving red line under the word, I would never disable spell-check."
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of spellcheck. alt-of, alternative
Synonyms
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More examples"Spell-check solves a lot of problems."
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