speak
verb
[ spiːk ]
• say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling.
• "in his agitation he was unable to speak"
Similar:
talk,
say (anything/something),
utter,
state,
declare,
tell,
voice,
express,
pronounce,
articulate,
enunciate,
vocalize,
verbalize,
enounce,
• (of behaviour, an object, etc.) serve as evidence for something.
• "his frame spoke tiredness"
Similar:
indicate,
mean,
suggest,
show,
denote,
display,
demonstrate,
be evidence of,
register,
reflect,
reveal,
betray,
evince,
disclose,
exhibit,
manifest,
express,
convey,
signify,
impart,
bespeak,
communicate,
bear out,
attest,
testify to,
prove,
evidence,
betoken,
• (of a musical instrument or other object) make a sound when functioning.
• "the gun spoke again"
Origin:
Old English sprecan, later specan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spreken and German sprechen .
-speak
combining form
• forming nouns denoting a manner of speaking, characteristic of a specified field or group.
• "technospeak"
Origin:
on the pattern of (New)speak .
