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English

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Pronunciation


Etymology

specan|spēcan, from earlier sprecan|sprēcan

Verb

{{en-verb|speaks or archaic, speaketh|speaking|spoke or archaic, spake|spoken}}

  1. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
  2. : I was so surprised I couldn't speak.
  3. : You're speaking too fast.
  4. To have a conversation.
  5. : It's been ages since we've spoken.
  6. In the Context of To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
  7. : He spoke of it in his diary
  8. : Speak to me only with your eyes.
  9. : I just spoke with them on IRC.
  10. : Actions speak louder than words.
  11. To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
  12. : This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
  13. To be able to communicate in a language.
  14. : I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
  15. : He speaks Mandarin fluently.


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Noun

  1. language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
  2. : Corporate speak; IT speak

Noun

  1. a low class bar, a speakeasy.

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Category:English irregular verbs Category:Talking

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p.
Spoken(Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to
OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG.
sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[=u]rj to crackle, to
thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.]
1. 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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Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer.
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Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii.
9.
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2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
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That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set,
as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle.
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An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a
knave is not. --Shak.
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During the century and a half which followed the
Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English
history. --Macaulay.
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3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a
public assembly formally.
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Many of the nobility made themselves popular by
speaking in Parliament against those things which
were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon.
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4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
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Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to
him from the Leman Lake. --Addison.
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5. To give sound; to sound.
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Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak.
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6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by
utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
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Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak.
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To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of.
--Robynson (More's Utopia).

To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to
speak unreservedly.

To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to.

To speak with, to converse with. "Would you speak with me?"
--Shak.
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Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate;
pronounce; utter.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Speak \Speak\, v. t.
1. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter
articulately, as human beings.
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They sat down with him upn ground seven days and
seven nights, and none spake a word unto him. --Job.
ii. 13.
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2. To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare
orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
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3. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to
exhibit; to express in any way.
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It is my father;s muste
To speak your deeds. --Shak.
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Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes.
--Tennyson.
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And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak
The maker's high magnificence. --Milton.
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Report speaks you a bonny monk. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in
conversation; as, to speak Latin.
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And French she spake full fair and fetisely.
--Chaucer.
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5. To address; to accost; to speak to.
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[He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
--Ecclus.
xiii. 6.
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each village senior paused to scan
And speak the lovely caravan. --Emerson.
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To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and speak to her captain
or commander.
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WordNet speak
v 1: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This
depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, utter,
mouth, verbalize, verbalise]
2: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business";
"Actions talk louder than words" [syn: talk]
3: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't
speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: talk]
4: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of
trustees" [syn: address]
5: make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
[also: spoken, spoke]
Moby Dictionary
accost , acquaint , act for , address , admonish , advert to , advertise ,
advertise of , advise , affect , affirm , allege , allude to , announce ,
annunciate , apostrophize , appeal to , apprise , approach , argue ,
articulate , as it were , ask for , assert , assever , asseverate , aver ,
avouch , avow , bandy words , be in connection , be in contact ,
beat the drum , beg , bespeak , bespoke , betoken , blurt , blurt out ,
break silence , brief , bring word , buttonhole , call attention to ,
call to , cant , chatter , chew the fat , chew the rag , chin , chosen ,
colloque , colloquialize , colloquize , come out , comment ,
commerce with , commune with , communicate , communicate with , confab ,
confabulate , contend , converse , converse with , convey , deal with ,
declaim , declare , defend , deliver an address , demand , descant ,
dilate , dip , dip the ensign , disclose , discourse , discourse with ,
discuss , drawl , dress ship , emit a sound , engaged , enlighten ,
enunciate , examine , exchange colors , exclaim , expatiate , express ,
familiarize , figuratively speaking , flag , flag down , flash , gab ,
gasp , give a signal , give a talk , give notice , give the facts ,
give the nod , give voice , give word , glance , greet , hail ,
hail and speak , half-mast , halloo , have , have dealings with ,
have intercourse , have truck with , hoist a banner , hold ,
hold communication , indicate , influence , inform , insist , instruct ,
interchange , intercommunicate , interject , invoke ,
issue a manifesto , jargon , jargonize , kick , lay down , leave word ,
lecture , leer , let drop , let fall , let know , maintain ,
make a noise , make a sign , make a signal , make a sound , make known ,
make oneself heard , make reference to , manifesto , mention ,
mention to , mouth , mumble , murmur , muse , mutter , nod , noise , note ,
notify , nudge , observe , opine , patter , perorate , platform ,
plead for , poke , profess , pronounce , protest , put , put it ,
raise a cry , rebuke , recommend , refer to , reflect , remark , report ,
represent , reprimand , reprove , request , require , reserved , resound ,
reveal , salute , say , scold , selected , send word , serve notice ,
set aside , set down , shoot the breeze , shout , sign , signal ,
signalize , signify , so to speak , soapbox , sound , sound an alarm ,
sound the trumpet , speak fair , speak for , speak for itself ,
speak out , speak to , speak up , speak with , speechify , splutter ,
spout , stand for , stand on , stand up for , state , stick up for ,
stump , submit , support , symbolize , take a stand , take aside ,
take counsel with , take the floor , take the stump , talk ,
talk about , talk to , talk together , tell , touch , touch on ,
touch upon , traffic with , treat of , unfurl a flag , uphold , use ,
use language , utter , verbalize , verse , visit with , vocalize , voice ,
wag the tongue , warn , wave , wave a flag , wave the hand , whisper ,
wink


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