English > speak: 5 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Express in speech. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | talk, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
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| Entailed by | declaim, recite | recite in elocution |
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| pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| Narrower | babble | Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way |
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| bark | speak in an unfriendly tone |
| bay | Utter in deep prolonged tones |
| begin | Begin to speak or say |
| blubber, blubber out | Utter while crying |
| blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate | Utter impulsively |
| bumble, stutter, stammer, falter | speak haltingly |
| cackle | talk / talk or utter in a cackling manner |
| chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| chatter | make noise as if chattering away |
| deliver, present | deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) |
| drone, drone on | talk in a monotonous voice |
| enthuse | Utter with enthusiasm |
| generalize, generalise | speak or write in generalities / generalities |
| gulp | Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly |
| hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate | Express or utter with a hiss |
| lip off, shoot one's mouth off | speak spontaneously and without restraint |
| mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate | talk indistinctly |
| murmur | speak softly or indistinctly |
| open up | talk / talk freely and without inhibition |
| peep | speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice |
| rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave | talk / talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| rasp | Utter in a grating voice |
| read | look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed |
| shout | utter in a loud voice |
| sing | produce tones with the voice |
| slur | Utter indistinctly |
| snap, snarl | Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone |
| snivel, whine | talk / talk in a tearful manner |
| speak in tongues | speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy |
| speak up | speak louder |
| swallow | Utter indistinctly |
| talk of, talk about | discuss or mention |
| tone, chant, intone | Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically |
| tone, inflect, modulate | Vary the pitch of one's speech |
| troll | speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice |
| verbalize, verbalise | Be verbose |
| vocalize, vocalise, phonate | Utter speech sounds |
| whiff | Utter with a puff of air |
| whisper | speak softly |
| yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away | talk incessantly and tiresomely |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
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| See also | speak up | speak louder |
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| Similar to | verbalize, verbalise | Be verbose |
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| Spanish | conversar, decir, dialogar, hablar, proferir, pronunciar, verbalizar |
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| Catalan | dialogar, dir, parlar, proferir, verbalitzar |
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| Nouns | speaker | someone who expresses in language |
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| speaking | the utterance of intelligible speech |
| speech | something spoken |
English > speak: 5 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Exchange thoughts; talk with. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s to somebody |
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| Synonym | talk |
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| Narrower | chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
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| cheek | speak impudently to |
| continue, go on, carry on, proceed | Continue talking / talking / talking |
| converse, discourse | carry on a conversation |
| dish the dirt, gossip | wag one's tongue |
| dogmatize, dogmatise | speak dogmatically |
| hold forth, discourse, dissertate | talk / talk at length and formally about a topic |
| level | talk frankly with |
| monologuize, monologuise, soliloquize, soliloquise | talk / talk to oneself |
| orate | talk / talk pompously |
| pontificate | talk / talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner |
| rap | talk / talk volubly |
| spiel | speak at great length (about something) |
| talk down | speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child |
| talk turkey | discuss frankly, often in a business context |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
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| See also | speak for | be a spokesperson for |
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| Spanish | dialogar, hablar |
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| Catalan | dialogar, parlar |
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| Nouns | speech | the exchange of spoken words |
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