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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
spellcheck — [[t]spe̱ltʃek[/t]] spellchecks, spellchecking, spellchecked also spell check 1) VERB If you spellcheck something you have written on a computer, you use a special program to check whether you have made any spelling mistakes. [V n] This model… … English dictionary
spellcheck — spellchecker (also spelling checker) ► NOUN ▪ a computer program which checks the spelling of words in files of text by comparing them with a stored list of words. DERIVATIVES spellcheck verb & noun … English terms dictionary
Spellcheck — Monitoranzeige (zur manuellen Korrektur) Rechtschreibprüfung bezeichnet softwaregestützte Verfahren zur Fehlerkorrektur in elektronisch vorliegenden Texten. Einsatzzwecke sind die klassischen Officeprogramme, die bereits zuvor verwendeten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
spellcheck — See spell checker. * * * … Universalium
spellcheck — spell′ check v. t. to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of • Etymology: 1980–85 … From formal English to slang
spellcheck — /ˈspɛltʃɛk/ (say spelchek) verb (t) 1. to check the spelling of (a document) by means of a spellchecker. –verb (i) 2. to run a spellchecker on a text file. {backformation from spellchecker} …
spellcheck — spellˈcheck or spellˈchecker noun A program in a word processor that checks the accuracy of the operator s spelling (also adjective) • • • Main Entry: ↑spell … Useful english dictionary
death by spellcheck — noun The problems caused by spellcheckers being incapable of correcting most homophone confusions … Wiktionary
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
