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How to spell cries
Cries is spelled C-R-I-E-S.
What it means: To shed tears and make sounds of distress.
In a sentence: The baby cries when it is hungry.
The part people get wrong
Watch for the order of ie.
Same family: cried, crying, cry, sob, weep. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Cries” comes from the verb “cry,” which traces back through Middle English and Old French to the Latin word “quiritare,” meaning to call out or shriek. Over time, the meaning shifted from calling out loudly to both shouting and weeping with strong emotion.
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