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as we speak

as we speak is the alternative form of even as we speak.

Meaning of even as we speak

Adverb

even as we speak (not comparable)

  1. Right at the moment, right now, contemporaneously.
    • By the way, Sam Gumple, the town beau, hates Ned Holland with a deadly hatred, which logically proves him jealous; and, even as we speak, behold the cause!1872 April 1, Julian Hawthorne, “The Mullenville Mystery”, in Scribner’s Monthly, volume 3, number 6, page 687

Questions about as we speak

What is as we speak the alternative form of?
As we speak is the alternative form of even as we speak.

Words near as we speak in the dictionary

  1. as to
  2. as useful as a chocolate teapot
  3. as usual
  4. as was
  5. as we know it
  6. as we speak
  7. as well
  8. as well as
  9. as what
  10. as who should say
  11. as with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as we speak (page history and authors); even as we speak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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