Verb: spell out spel awt
- Make explicit; specify in detail
"You should spell out your demands"
- Spell fully and without abbreviating
"Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?"
- Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
"We had to spell out our names for the police officer";
- spell
Derived forms: spelling out, spelled out, spells out
Type of: particularise [Brit], particularize, recite, specialise [Brit], specialize, specify, spell, write