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How to spell wave

Wave is spelled W-A-V-E.

hear itwave/weɪv/nounSounds

What it means: A movement of the hand to say hello or goodbye.

In a sentence: She gave a friendly wave to say hello.

Same family: waves, waved, waving, waver, wavy. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Wave comes from Old English "wafian," meaning to move to and fro or fluctuate. The same root also led to the noun "wave" for moving water and to the idea of "waves" in physics, like sound and light waves.

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