Word.ws English Dictionary

spells things out

spells things out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spell things out.

Meaning of spell things out

Verb

spell things out (third-person singular simple present spells things out, present participle spelling things out, simple past and past participle spelled things out or (chiefly UK) spelt things out)

  1. (intransitive) To provide simple and understandable details.
    • Here is an article that spells things out, so that it is easier to grasp.
    Synonyms:
    spell it out
  2. (intransitive) To be explicit.
    • It used to be that songs could not spell things out, but society is more liberal now.

Questions about spells things out

What is spells things out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spells things out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spell things out.

Words near spells things out in the dictionary

  1. spells of weather
  2. spells off
  3. spells one's name
  4. spells out
  5. spells someone's name
  6. spells things out
  7. spellsmith
  8. spellsmiths
  9. spellsword
  10. spellswords
  11. spellthief

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spells things out (page history and authors); spell things out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “spells things out.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/spells_things_out. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.