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speak

verbA1UK /spiːk/ US /spik/

To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.intransitive
To have a conversation.intransitive, reciprocal
To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.intransitive
To be able to communicate in a language.stative, transitive

To be able to communicate in a language.

To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.broadly, stative, transitive

To utter.transitive
To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.transitive
To understand (as though it were a language).humorous, informal, sometimes, transitive
To produce a sound; to sound.intransitive
Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.

Forms

he/she/it: speaks
-ing form: speaking
past: spoke
past participle: spoken

Example sentences14261 results

My mom doesn't speak English very well.

I don't speak French well enough!