- nounspeaking (noun)
- the action of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language:"clear thinking aids clear speaking"
- the activity of delivering speeches or lectures:"public speaking"
adjectivespeaking (adjective)- used for or engaged in speech:"you have a clear speaking voice"
- able to communicate in a specified language:"an English-speaking guide"
- conveying meaning as though in words:"she gave him a speaking look"
- (of a portrait) so like the subject as to seem to be alive and capable of speech:"a speaking likeness"
verbspeaking (present participle)- say something in order to convey information, an opinion, or a feeling:"in his agitation he was unable to speak" · "she refused to speak about the incident"
- have a conversation:"last time we spoke, you told me you couldn't do the job" · "I'll speak to him if he calls" · "I wish to speak privately with you"
- utter (a word, message, speech, etc.):"patients copy words spoken by the therapist"
- communicate in or be able to communicate in (a specified language):"my mother spoke Russian"
- make a speech before an audience, or make a contribution to a debate:"twenty thousand people attended to hear him speak"
- (of behavior, an object, etc.) serve as evidence for something:"his frame spoke tiredness"
- archaicshow or manifest (someone or something) to be in a particular state or to possess a certain quality:"she had seen nothing that spoke him of immoral habits"
- (of a musical instrument or other object) make a sound when functioning:"the gun spoke again"
- (of a dog) bark.
OriginOld English sprecan, later specan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spreken and German sprechen.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- used for or engaged in speech:
- conveying meaning as though in words:
- (of a portrait) so like the subject as to seem to be alive and capable of speech:
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