Spellcheck

Definitions

1. The act of spellchecking.
   countable, uncountable
2. A spellchecker.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“You'd better run⟳ another spellcheck now that you've written that extra chapter.”

“My wordprocessor is supposed to have⟳ a spellcheck, but I don't know⟳ how to use⟳ it.”

“"We want⟳ to make⟳ sure our children know⟳ how to spell⟳ in English." They will if they learn⟳ the Reading Reform⟳ way, Mrs. Goldberg told them. "I've been teaching this method for 18 years," she said. And never once used a spelling aid? "Well," she said, "I am a recent user of 'spellcheck.' I thought I might make⟳ some typos on the computer and spellcheck would pick⟳ that up. So I started using it. Then the other day I found I made a serious error, and it hadn't been picked up. I had come⟳ to rely⟳ on spellcheck!"”

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