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to speak
01
to use one's voice to express a particular feeling or thought
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
speak
3rd person singular
speaks
Present participle
speaking
Past simple
spoke
Past participle
spoken
Examples
He spoke about his experiences during the meeting.
1.1
to talk to someone about something
Transitive: to speak to sb
Examples
Can I speak to you about the upcoming event?
1.2
to use or be capable of using a certain language
Transitive: to speak a language
Examples
He speaks Spanish fluently.
1.3
to deliver a speech to a group of people
Intransitive
Examples
He will speak at the conference tomorrow.
1.4
to state or say a particular thing
Transitive: to speak sth
Examples
He spoke his mind during the meeting.
02
(of behavior, expressions, objects, etc.) to be the proof of a particular thing
Transitive: to speak sth | to speak of sth
Examples
The broken window speaks accident.
Lexical Tree
misspeak
speakable
speaker
speak
