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speak
- pronunciation:
- spik
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- so to speak, speak one's mind
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
speaks, speaking, spoke, spoken |
| definition 1: |
to utter words in one's usual voice; talk.
Can you speak more clearly?- synonyms:
- talk
- similar words:
- articulate, pronounce
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| definition 2: |
to communicate using words and with one's voice.
I will speak with him about the matter after the meeting.- synonyms:
- talk
- similar words:
- communicate
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| definition 3: |
to deliver a speech, address, or lecture.
He will speak at our graduation.- synonyms:
- declaim, lecture, talk
- similar words:
- discourse, harangue, orate, preach, sermonize, speechify
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| definition 4: |
to communicate a message by any means.
Her efforts speak for themselves.Her smile spoke suggestively to him.- similar words:
- comment, communicate, tell
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| definition 5: |
to take part in conversation.
He interrupted as we were speaking.The two of them were speaking very intently at a table by themselves.- synonyms:
- converse, talk
- similar words:
- chat, chew the fat, chitchat, communicate, confab, confabulate, discourse
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| related words: |
recite, tell, treat |
| contrasting words: |
mumble, mutter, scream, whisper, yell |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to say in one's usual voice.
She spoke my name.- synonyms:
- say, utter
- similar words:
- articulate, call, pronounce, sound, state
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| definition 2: |
to communicate in.
He is able to speak German.- synonyms:
- talk
- similar words:
- communicate in, converse in, pronounce, shape, utter
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| definition 3: |
to express.
They spoke the truth.- synonyms:
- communicate, convey, express
- similar words:
- disclose, divulge, impart, relate, reveal, say, state, tell, voice
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| related words: |
discuss, express, phrase, put, say, tell |
| phrase: |
so to speak |
| phrase: |
speak one's mind |
| derivation: |
speakable (adj.) |
Word Builder: speak +
- speaker1:
a person who gives a speech.
- speaker2:
the part of a radio, TV, or other device where the sound comes out.
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