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Meaning speak meaning

What does speak mean?
Definitions in simple English

speak Verb

— to talk He speaks with him daily.

speak

— verb (= talk, verbalize) express in speech She talks a lot of nonsense This depressed patient does not verbalize — verb (= talk) exchange thoughts; talk with We often talk business Actions talk louder than words — verb (= talk) use language the baby talks already the prisoner won't speak they speak a strange dialect — verb (= address) give a speech to The chairman addressed the board of trustees — verb make a characteristic or natural sound The drums spoke

Synonyms speak synonyms

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speak English » English

talk say tell utter converse chat address declare discuss express state pronounce speech mouth voice vocalize verbalize narrate mention word speak loudly show relate mean have a conversation express oneself communicate chatter announce use sound recite inform give a speech explain discourse convey verbalise think theory talk to statement speak up speak to sing say to someone report render remark put forward

Topics speak topics

What do people use speak to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
Language and thought Communication

Say
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak well
Language and thought Communication Say True

Tell the truth
Language and thought Communication Say True

Contradict
Language and thought Communication Say Speak with others

Speak in unison
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Loud
Person Healthy Disabled

Mute
Language and thought Think Opinion Agree with someone

Protest
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Shout
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak quietly
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak a lot
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak little
Language and thought Communication Say

Speak with others
Language and thought Communication Say

Praise
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Insult
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Telephone
Social behavior Government Government functions

Represent
States Quantity Plural

Few, little

Conjugation speak conjugation

How do you conjugate speak?

speak · verb

Examples speak examples

How do I use speak in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My mom doesn't speak English very well.
I would prefer to speak to you in private.
I'll speak to him at the first opportunity.
Can you speak English?
Is it hard to speak English?
Please speak a little more slowly.
Speak louder so everyone can hear you.
Speak up!
Don't hesitate. Speak out.
Please don't speak so fast.
What language do they speak in Switzerland?
Jorge is able to speak four languages.
Your sister can not speak English.
My mother doesn't speak English very well.
I don't speak French well enough!
I don't speak Japanese.
I couldn't speak Japanese.
I can't speak Japanese.
Do you speak Italian?
Speak more slowly, please!
Speak more slowly, please.
It would be so cool if I could speak ten languages!
Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me.
When you speak about the others, you do it with your arms crossed.
Go and speak to my colleague.
Since Mario lied to me, I don't speak to him anymore.
You can't speak English, can you?
He asked me if I could speak English.
You are too ready to speak ill of others.

Movie subtitles

I sincerely wish to speak with you!
This is no lie, I speak to God all the time and he told me to head west!
She couldn't even speak.
I'm not in a place to speak considering I came back from the dead, but there really are all kinds of strange monsters, aren't there?
He managed to pull through, but she's having her. harvested as we speak.
I have calmed down, I am ready to speak to Rebecca, so get out.
Cushla. Speak of the devil.
So to speak.
Did you speak to him? Afterwards.
I told Mrs Bathgate to speak to you.
I told him that I would accompany you, and he'd like to speak to Sister Winifred too.
Could I speak to her?
I hate to interrupt, but can I speak to you?
My caller wishes to speak with you, Detective.
You speak Arabic, Toussaint?
Your convent's been here over 200 years - and you don't speak Arabic?
You speak French well.
You speak French?
You speak French? Where are you from?
I'll speak to Governor Randon on your behalf.
I'd like them to know their homeland and to speak Arabic. What for?
What's important is that they speak French.
Permission to speak, sir.
After that day, Sir Archie often ventured to Torarin's cottage to speak to Elsalill.
I must speak to Miss Florence again, at any cost!
You always only speak about yourself who are good-looking and endowed with charm, and you forget me, the cripple.
We should go en masse and demand to speak to whoever's in charge and make them understand they can't just keep us here.
Well, I do, I want to speak to my kids, but I don't know which one to choose.
Do they speak English here? Uh.
They're sort of the prom king and queen, so to speak, of freshman year.
This villain is now cured, so to speak, and he's now gone from the Kanima to a werewolf, and it was because of Lydia's love that pulled him out of that.
Do you need me to speak in French for you?
She can jump from body to body? I'm not in a place to speak considering I came back from the dead, but there really are all kinds of strange monsters, aren't there?

News and current affairs

Politicians don't listen very well to individual scientists, but they are forced to listen when hundreds of scientists speak with a united voice.
Of course, one might ask why the people involved should matter at all; surely the facts of the case should speak for themselves.
So the al-Saud have become Janus-faced: looking in one direction, the royal family encourages democratic reformers to speak out; looking in the opposite direction, it jails them when they do.
Those who submitted had their passports withdrawn, lost their jobs, and were forbidden to speak to the press.
Similarly, those who speak of American hegemony after 1945 fail to note that the Soviet Union balanced US military power for more than four decades.
Or they might fear the consequences of not taking the advice (an offer one cannot refuse, so to speak).
This makes their friends hesitate to speak up for fear of being painted into not just an anti-Israel, but also an anti-Semitic corner.
Deeds speak louder than words, and deeds on the transatlantic level have been swift and decisive - for example, joint efforts aimed at choking off terrorist financing - even when we had strong divergences over Iraq.
We have thousands of documents but a failure to speak plainly to one other.
The prosecution then began to speak of the young girl as a Chechen sniper, from a family of snipers.
Europeans speak of building a United States of Europe.
Koreans need to step up, speak out, and do more, and that should start with more generous official development assistance.
Rather than encourage the unions with exaggerated talk of strong European growth and inflationary excess - and disrespect them with threats and interventions - Trichet should speak softly and let nature take its course.
Elites often can speak foreign languages, and big cities are traditionally more tolerant and open to mixed populations.
On this bottom board, power is widely dispersed, and it makes no sense to speak of unipolarity, multipolarity, or hegemony.
So the countries that benefit from this largesse have a responsibility to speak up for the constituents who help keep their economies afloat.
US Congresswoman Linda Sanchez says that if foreign presidents don't speak up for their constituents in America, few others will.
Victims of UAV attacks, their families, and civil-society groups have begun to speak out against America's questionable drone campaign, and to pursue legal action.
Palin and Bachmann speak this highly personal or emotional language, which even the most rock-ribbed male Republican finds difficult to emulate.
And even the National Press Club decided not to speak publicly about the possibility that Assange may be charged with a crime.
Indeed, the uncertainty about whether two of APEC's key leaders will even speak to each other highlights the grim reality of Asian international relations today.
It is time for both countries' leaders to speak privately and directly with each other, with an understanding of the instability that could result from any failure to complete the diplomatic opening that the two sides initiated.

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