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What (who) is speak - definition
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speak
v.
1) ('to talk') to speak bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; coherently; correctly; fluently; glibly; incorrectly; irresponsibly; loudly; openly; politely; quickly, rapidly; quietly, softly; responsibly; rudely; slowly; truthfully
2) (D; intr.) ('to talk') to speak about, of (to speak about politics)
3) (d; intr.) to speak for ('to be a spokesperson for') (she spoke for all of us; who will speak for the accused?)
4) (d; intr.) ('to talk') to speak from (to speak from the heart; to speak from experience)
5) (d; intr.) ('to converse') to speak in (they were speaking in English; more usu. is: they were speaking English)
6) (d; intr.) to speak to ('to address') (she spoke to the crowd; to speak to the subject; to speak to the question on the agenda; don't speak to him)
7) (D; intr.) ('to converse') to speak to, with (she spoke to me about several things; I spoke with them for an hour)
8) (misc.) to speak well of smb. ('to praise smb.'); to speak ill of smb. ('to criticize smb.'); it speaks for itself ('it is self-evident'); roughly speaking ('approximately'); strictly speak ('in concrete terms')
speak
(speaks, speaking, spoke, spoken)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something.
He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him...
I rang the hotel and spoke to Louie...
She says she must speak with you at once...
She cried when she spoke of Oliver.
...as I spoke these idiotic words.
VERB: V, V to/with n, V to/with n, V of/about n, V n
• spoken
...a marked decline in the standards of written and spoken English in Britain.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
When someone speaks to a group of people, they make a speech.
When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad...
He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention...
The President spoke of the need for territorial compromise.
VERB: V to n, V, V of n
3.
If you speak for a group of people, you make their views and demands known, or represent them.
He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged...
I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization...
VERB: V for n, V for n
4.
If you speak a foreign language, you know the language and are able to have a conversation in it.
He doesn't speak English...
VERB: V n
5.
People sometimes mention something that has been written by saying what the author speaks of.
Throughout the book Liu speaks of the abuse of Party power...
St Paul speaks of the body as the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'.
VERB: V of n, V of n as n
6.
If two people are not speaking, they no longer talk to each other because they have quarrelled.
He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife...
The co-stars are still not speaking.
V-RECIP: with neg, V to n, pl-n V
7.
If you say that something speaks for itself, you mean that its meaning or quality is so obvious that it does not need explaining or pointing out.
...the figures speak for themselves-low order books, bleak prospects at home and a worsening outlook for exports...
VERB: no cont, V for pron-refl
8.
see also speaking
9.
If you say 'Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them. (INFORMAL)
'We're not blaming you,' Kate said. 'Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered.
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10.
If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
She'd probably drop some comment about her 'fiance' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for...
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
Nothing to speak of means 'hardly anything' or 'only unimportant things'.
They have no weaponry to speak of...
'Any fresh developments?'-'Nothing to speak of.'
PHRASE: n PHR, with brd-neg
12.
If you speak well of someone or speak highly of someone, you say good things about them. If you speak ill of someone, you criticize them.
Both spoke highly of the Russian president...
It seemed she found it difficult to speak ill of anyone.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
13.
You use so to speak to draw attention to the fact that you are describing or referring to something in a way that may be amusing or unusual rather than completely accurate.
I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak...
PHRASE: PHR with cl
14.
If you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them.
For a long time her mother and her grandmother had hardly been on speaking terms.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR with n
15.
Speak
·vi To give sound; to Sound.
III. Speak ·vi To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
V. Speak ·vt To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
VI. Speak ·vt To utter with the mouth; to Pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
VII. Speak ·vi To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
IX. Speak ·vt To utter in a word or words; to Say; to Tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
X. Speak ·vi To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
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Speak
Speak or SPEAK may refer to:
- Speech, the vocal form of human communication
Examples of use of speak
1. "I can‘t speak Arabic, and he can‘t speak English.
2. He couldn‘t speak English and I couldn‘t speak German.
3. When they speak in the Commons they speak the truth.
4. "It‘s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German," he had said.
5. "In many educational frameworks immigrant kids are told: Don‘t speak Amharic, don‘t speak Russian.