verb
- to spell again, especially in a different way or using a different system
Examples
- The teacher asked students to respell the word using phonetic symbols.
- Foreign names are often respelled to match English pronunciation patterns.
- The dictionary respells difficult words to show proper pronunciation.
- She had to respell her surname when moving to a different country.
- The software can respell words using various romanization systems.
- Please respell that word more clearly so I can understand it.