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How to spell shout

What it means: To make a loud cry.

In a sentence: The kids shout with joy at the playground. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as shaut or shuot.

Same family: shouts, shouted, shouting, yell, cry out. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Shout” comes from Middle English, probably related to a word meaning “to call or guard cattle,” showing how raising your voice was once linked to farm life and calling animals.

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