spell out

• POS: Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

spell out

account for, adduce, allegorize, amplify, anatomize, atomize, circumstantiate, cite, clarify, clear up, complete, construe, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, descend to particulars, detail, document, elaborate, elucidate, enlarge, enlarge upon, enlighten, enter into detail, euhemerize, exemplify, expand, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, get across, get over, give full particulars, give reason for, give the meaning, go into, illuminate, illustrate, individualize, instance, interpret, itemize, labor, make clear, make it clear, make plain, orthographize, outspell, particularize, peculiarize, personalize, popularize, precise, put across, put over, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, specialize, specify, spell, spell backward, substantiate, syllabize, syllable, throw light upon, trace out, unfold, unlock, unravel, vulgarize, work out, write out

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spell out

Interpretation

VB interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render, do into, turn into, transfuse the sense of, find out, 1 the meaning of, read, spell out, make out, decipher, unravel, disentangle, find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve, read between the lines, account for, find the cause, tell the cause of, throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon, clear up, clarify, elucidate, illustrate, exemplify, unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate, popularize, take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense, understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.