"spelling bee" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”) (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850).",
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    {
      "form": "spelling bees",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins."
      ],
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          "contest",
          "contest"
        ],
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          "competition",
          "competition"
        ],
        [
          "contestant",
          "contestant"
        ],
        [
          "spell out",
          "spell out"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "apple bee"
        },
        {
          "word": "geography bee"
        },
        {
          "word": "husking bee"
        },
        {
          "word": "quilting bee"
        },
        {
          "word": "sewing bee"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spelldown"
        },
        {
          "english": "earlier term, traced back to 1808",
          "word": "spelling match"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎstezanie po pravopis",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "word": "състезание по правопис"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "compétition de l’épellation"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Buchstabierwettbewerb"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rechtschreibwettbewerb"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "word": "helyesírásverseny"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "word": "helyesíróverseny"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
          "word": "betűzőverseny"
        }
      ],
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        "spelling bee"
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  "word": "spelling bee"
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”) (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spelling bees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "apple bee"
    },
    {
      "word": "geography bee"
    },
    {
      "word": "husking bee"
    },
    {
      "word": "quilting bee"
    },
    {
      "word": "sewing bee"
    }
  ],
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        "A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins."
      ],
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        [
          "spelling",
          "spelling"
        ],
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          "contest",
          "contest"
        ],
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          "competition",
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        ],
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          "contestant",
          "contestant"
        ],
        [
          "spell out",
          "spell out"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "spelldown"
    },
    {
      "english": "earlier term, traced back to 1808",
      "word": "spelling match"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎstezanie po pravopis",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "word": "състезание по правопис"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compétition de l’épellation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Buchstabierwettbewerb"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechtschreibwettbewerb"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "word": "helyesírásverseny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "word": "helyesíróverseny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "spelling contest or competition",
      "word": "betűzőverseny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelling bee"
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