Speak

Verb

 * 1)  To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
 * I was so surprised I couldn't speak.
 * You're speaking too fast.
 * 1)  To have a conversation.
 * It's been ages since we've spoken.
 * 1)  To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
 * He spoke of it in his diary
 *  Speak to me only with your eyes.
 * I just spoke with them on IRC.
 * Actions speak louder than words.
 * 1)  To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
 * This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
 * 1)  To be able to communicate in a language.
 * He speaks Mandarin fluently.
 * 1)  To utter.
 * I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
 * 1) * 1611, Authorized King James Version (Bible translation), Jeremiah 9:5:
 * And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
 * 1)  To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
 * 2) * 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
 * There he sat, his very indifference speaking a nature in which there lurked no civilized hypocrisies and bland deceits.

Synonyms

 * articulate
 * talk
 * verbalize

Derived terms

 * speakable
 * speaker
 * speakeasy
 * re-speak
 * unspeakable

phrasal verbs idioms
 * speak down
 * speak for
 * speak out
 * speak to
 * speak up
 * actions speak louder than words
 * on speaking terms
 * so to speak
 * speak for oneself
 * speak highly of
 * speak ill of
 * speak in tongues
 * speak of the devil
 * speak one's mind
 * speak volumes
 * spoken for
 * to speak of

Related terms

 * public speaking
 * speech

Noun

 * 1) language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
 * Corporate speak; IT speak

Derived terms

 * artspeak
 * cyberspeak
 * double-speak
 * lawyerspeak
 * medspeak
 * Newspeak
 * weather speak
 * leetspeak

Noun

 * 1)  a low class bar, a speakeasy.

Thesaurus
accost, acquaint, act for, address, admonish, advert to, advertise, advertise of, advise, affect, affirm, allege, allude to, announce, annunciate, apostrophize, appeal to, apprise, approach, argue, articulate, as it were, ask for, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bandy words, be in connection, be in contact, beat the drum, beg, bespeak, bespoke, betoken, blurt, blurt out, break silence, brief, bring word, buttonhole, call attention to, call to, cant, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chin, chosen, colloque, colloquialize, colloquize, come out, comment, commerce with, commune with, communicate, communicate with, confab, confabulate, contend, converse, converse with, convey, deal with, declaim, declare, defend, deliver an address, demand, descant, dilate, dip, dip the ensign, disclose, discourse, discourse with, discuss, drawl, dress ship, emit a sound, engaged, enlighten, enunciate, examine, exchange colors, exclaim, expatiate, express, familiarize, figuratively speaking, flag, flag down, flash, gab, gasp, give a signal, give a talk, give notice, give the facts, give the nod, give voice, give word, glance, greet, hail, hail and speak, half-mast, halloo, have, have dealings with, have intercourse, have truck with, hoist a banner, hold, hold communication, indicate, influence, inform, insist, instruct, interchange, intercommunicate, interject, invoke, issue a manifesto, jargon, jargonize, kick, lay down, leave word, lecture, leer, let drop, let fall, let know, maintain, make a noise, make a sign, make a signal, make a sound, make known, make oneself heard, make reference to, manifesto, mention, mention to, mouth, mumble, murmur, muse, mutter, nod, noise, note, notify, nudge, observe, opine, patter, perorate, platform, plead for, poke, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put it, raise a cry, rebuke, recommend, refer to, reflect, remark, report, represent, reprimand, reprove, request, require, reserved, resound, reveal, salute, say, scold, selected, send word, serve notice, set aside, set down, shoot the breeze, shout, sign, signal, signalize, signify, so to speak, soapbox, sound, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, speak fair, speak for, speak for itself, speak out, speak to, speak up, speak with, speechify, splutter, spout, stand for, stand on, stand up for, state, stick up for, stump, submit, support, symbolize, take a stand, take aside, take counsel with, take the floor, take the stump, talk, talk about, talk to, talk together, tell, touch, touch on, touch upon, traffic with, treat of, unfurl a flag, uphold, use, use language, utter, verbalize, verse, visit with, vocalize, voice, wag the tongue, warn, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, whisper, wink

Etymology
From speken:, from  specan:, alteration of earlier sprecan:, from, from. Cognate with Dutch spreken:, German sprechen:, shpreh:.

Verb

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: تحدث, تكلم
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: гаварыць, размаўляць
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: komz
 * Bulgarian: (1, 6)
 * Catalan: parlar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  説話,  ,  ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: tale (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6),  (3),  (5)
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Guaraní: ñe'ẽ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: berbicara, berpidato
 * Interlingua: parlar
 * Irish: labhair
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: зборува


 * Maltese: tkellem
 * Nahuatl: tlatoa
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: parlar
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਬੋਲਣਾ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: pledar, tschantschar
 * Russian: ,
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic: bruidhinn
 * Serbo-Croatian: говорити, govoriti
 * Sicilian:, parlari
 * Slovak:, rozprávať
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , snacka
 * Tagalog: magsalita
 * Thai:
 * Tupinambá: nhe'eng
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, розмовляти
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek: gaplashmoq
 * Vietnamese:, nói chuyện, nói được
 * Volapük: spikön
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish:
 * Zulu: ukukhuluma (ugukuluma)

Noun

 * Italian: gergo

Anagrams

 * spake
 * peaks