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Adjective speaking has 2 senses
- speaking - capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"
Antonyms: nonspeaking, walk-on, mute, tongueless
- speaking, speech-endowed - capable of speech; "the speaking animal"
Antonyms: inarticulate, unarticulate (indirect, via articulate)
Noun speaking has 2 senses
- speaking, speech production - the utterance of intelligible speech
--1 is a kind of utterance, vocalization
--1 has particulars: speech; whisper, whispering, susurration
- public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation - delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"
--2 is a kind of address, speech
--2 has particulars:
Verb speak has 5 senses
- talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
--1 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
--2 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody
- speak, talk - use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
--3 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue speak
- address, speak - give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s
- speak - make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
--5 is one way to sound
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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