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Meaning of Spellcheck | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The act of spellchecking.
  2. A spellchecker.

Equivalents

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!"”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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