- spell check
- spell check (v.) "to use a computer's spell checker application on a document," by 1985. The applications themselves date to the late 1970s.
Etymology dictionary. 2014.
spell check
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spell check — n. the act or an instance of using a SPELL CHECKER * * * … Universalium
spell check — n. the act or an instance of using a SPELL CHECKER … English World dictionary
spell check — spellcheck spell‧check [ speltʆek] also spell check noun [countable] COMPUTING 1. the act of checking that the spelling in a computer document is correct, using a special computer program: • A simple spellcheck after a page edit can be useful … Financial and business terms
spell-check·er — /ˈspɛlˌʧɛkɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a computer program that finds and corrects misspelled words in documents, e mail, etc. called also spell check, spelling checker … Useful english dictionary
spell-check — /spel chek /, v.t. to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of. * * * … Universalium
spell-check — /spel chek /, v.t. to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of … Useful english dictionary
spell-check — I. noun see spell checker II. verb see spell checker … New Collegiate Dictionary
spell-check — verb To verify the spelling used in a document for correctness, especially by using a program … Wiktionary
spell check — see spellcheck … English dictionary
spell-checker — spell .checker n a computer program that tells you when you have spelled a word wrongly >spell check v [I and T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
