spell-check
verb (used with object)
to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of.
spell-checked
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past participleof spell-check.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof spell-check.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spell-checkverb (used with object)to process (a document) with a spell checker; check the spelling of.
Example Sentences
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Williams, a religion professor at the University of Southern California and a Buddhist priest, says Ancestry will have names that have been assiduously spell-checked.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
It’s hard to tell when you’re reading Marche and when you’re reading A.I., but it’s good to know there might still be humor, of a sort, in the spell-checked world of our digital-language overlords.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
The PGA Tour heads to Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship, aka the most spell-checked event of the year by U.S. golf writers.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 30, 2016
I found the ball and threw it back to him, *** Quick tidied and spell-checked to here—page 155 *** “What are you doing?”
From Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
