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English verb: speak | |||
| 1. | speak (communication) express in speech | ||
| Samples | She talks a lot of nonsense. This depressed patient does not verbalize. | ||
| Synonyms | mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | babble, bark, bay, begin, blab, blabber, blubber, blubber out, blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, bumble, cackle, chant, chatter, chatter, clack, deliver, drone, drone on, ejaculate, enthuse, falter, gabble, generalise, generalize, gibber, gulp, hiss, inflect, intone, jabber, jaw, lip off, maunder, maunder, modulate, mouth off, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, open up, palaver, peep, phonate, piffle, prate, prattle, present, rabbit on, rant, rasp, rattle on, rave, read, shoot one's mouth off, shout, sibilate, sing, siss, sizz, slur, snap, snarl, snivel, speak in tongues, speak up, spout, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk about, talk of, tattle, tittle-tattle, tone, tone, troll, twaddle, verbalise, verbalize, vocalise, vocalize, whiff, whine, whisper, yack, yack away, yap away | ||
| Verb group | verbalise, verbalize | ||
| 2. | speak (communication) exchange thoughts; talk with | ||
| Samples | We often talk business. Actions talk louder than words. | ||
| Synonyms | talk | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | butterfly, carry on, chat up, cheek, continue, converse, coquet, coquette, dally, discourse, discourse, dish the dirt, dissertate, dogmatise, dogmatize, flirt, go on, gossip, hold forth, level, mash, monologuise, monologuize, orate, philander, pontificate, proceed, rap, romance, soliloquise, soliloquize, spiel, talk down, talk turkey | ||
| 3. | speak (communication) use language | ||
| Samples | The baby talks already. The prisoner won't speak. They speak a strange dialect. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue speak | ||
| Synonyms | talk | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | run on, slang, smatter | ||
| 4. | speak (communication) give a speech to | ||
| Samples | The chairman addressed the board of trustees. | ||
| Synonyms | address | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze away, harangue, keynote, memorialise, memorialize | ||
| Entail | speak, talk | ||
| 5. | speak (perception) make a characteristic or natural sound | ||
| Samples | The drums spoke. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound | ||
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