sell to deliver or give up in violation of duty, trust, or loyalty and especially for personal gain betray often used with out The first known use: before the 12th century |
Word Structure |
4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
sell |
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3 Phonemes |
s e l |
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s ell |
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Morpheme |
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Sentence Examples He buys and remodels houses and then sells them at a profit. Stock prices are increasing, so now is a good time to sell. Only a few stores sell that type of equipment. |
Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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