āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to speak
01
āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to use one's voice to express a particular feeling or thought
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Please speak louder so everyone in the room can hear you.
āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
1.1
āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to talk to someone about something
Transitive: to speak to sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We need to speak to the manager about our reservation.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
1.2
āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
to use or be capable of using a certain language
Transitive: to speak a language
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I can speak a little Italian.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
1.3
āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to deliver a speech to a group of people
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The CEO will speak at the annual shareholders' meeting.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻšā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
1.4
āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to state or say a particular thing
Transitive: to speak sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She spoke her opinion about the proposal.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨.
02
āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of behavior, expressions, objects, etc.) to be the proof of a particular thing
Transitive: to speak sth | to speak of sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The messy room spoke of a busy week.
āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
misspeak
speakable
speaker
speak
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