To speak is to talk. If a UFO lands in your yard, it will be easier to speak with the aliens if they've learned how to speak English or if you know how to speak Martian.
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words;
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express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
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exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
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use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won''t speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
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give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
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make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
v. i.
To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a
public assembly formally.
v. i.
To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
v. i.
To give sound; to sound.
v. i.
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by
utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
v. t.
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter
articulately, as human beings.
v. t.
To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare
orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
v. t.
To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to
exhibit; to express in any way.
v. t.
To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in
conversation; as, to speak Latin.
v. t.
To address; to accost; to speak to.
Speak
Till at the last spake in this manner.
Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.2.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak.
An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.
During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history.3.
Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty.4.
Lycan speaks of a part of C'91sar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake.5.
Make all our trumpets speak.6.
Thine eye begins to speak.
Speak
They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him.2.
It is my father;s muste To speak your deeds.
Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes.
And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The maker's high magnificence.
Report speaks you a bonny monk.4.
And French she spake full fair and fetisely.5.
[He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
each village senior paused to scan And speak the lovely caravan.
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words;
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
Usage Examples
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
All are free to believe or not believe all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief.
A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.
And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.
As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.
All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!
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Other Usage ExamplesAnd they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat.
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
As a physician and as a pilot, I think it lets me be a pretty good translator having one foot in the medical world and one foot in the flying world. Sometimes when the medical guys come in and speak medical stuff to the pilots, the pilots really don't know what they're saying.
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.
And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.
All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
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