speak

Also used as

speak is also the clipping of speaker point.

speak meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of speak in a sentence

• You're speaking too fast.
• Actions speak louder than words.
• There's a little corporate speak going on here, don't get me wrong.2025 February, Harvey Randall, “Ubi Strikes Back”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 9:

All 40 example sentences with speak

Synonyms of speak

• articulate
• talk
• verbalize
• babble
• blab
• chat
• chatter
• converse
• discuss
• jabber

Antonyms

• be silent

All synonyms and antonyms of speak

Forms of speak

Past tense of speak: spoke

Plural of speak: speaks

Origin of speak

From Middle English speke, speken (“to speak”), from Old English specan (“to speak”). This is usually taken to be an irregular alteration of earlier sprecan, spreocan (“to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”). Finding this proposed loss of r from the stable cluster spr unparalleled, Hill instead sets up a different root, Proto-West Germanic *spekan (“to negotiate”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʾ-e- (“to distribute”) with *s-mobile, which collapsed in meaning with *sprekan ("to speak" < "to crackle, prattle") and so came to be seen as a free variant thereof. Cognates Cognate with Scots speak, speik (“to speak”), Saterland Frisian spreke (“to speak”), West Frisian sprekke (“to speak”), Central Franconian sjprèche (“to speak”), Dutch and Low German spreken (“to speak”), German sprechen (“to speak”), Luxembourgish spriechen (“to speak”), and also with Albanian shpreh (“to express, manifest, show”) through Indo-European.

Words formed from speak

• actions speak louder than words
• as she is spoke
• on speaking terms
• so to speak
• speak as one finds
• speak for oneself
• speak highly of
• speak ill of
• speak in circles
• speak in tongues
• speak of the devil
• speak one's mind
• speak softly and carry a big stick
• speak someone's language
• speak volumes
• speak well of
• speak with one voice
• spoken for
• as we speak
• autospeak
• broadly speaking
• bullspeak
• can I speak to the manager haircut
• climate-speak
• does anyone here speak English
• dollar-speaking
• do you speak English
• even as we speak
• evil-speaking
• facts speak louder than words
• farspeak
• free-speaking
• generally speaking
• give someone a speaking to
• home-speaking
• how many languages do you speak
• I don't speak English
• in a manner of speaking
• in a way of speaking
• inspeak
• I want to speak to the manager haircut
• like speaking to a brick wall
• like speaking to a wall
• native-speaking
• not to speak of
• oul-spoken
• plain-speaking
• plain-spoken
• please speak more slowly
• public speaking
• respeak
• roughly speaking
• short-spoken
• smooth-spoken
• speakability
• speak by the card
• speak down to
• speakee
• speak highly
• speakhouse

Related words

• speech
• utter

Phrases with speak

• EU Speak
• speak of
• speak to
• speak up
• art speak
• bro speak
• speak for
• speak out
• uwu speak
• frog speak
• meme speak
• incel speak

Words that rhyme with speak

• weak
• beak
• dreich
• streak
• peak
• freak
• cheek
• greek
• oblique
• sneak
• antique
• leak

Questions about speak

What does speak mean?

Speak means to communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

What is speak in Hindi?

Speak in Hindi is बोलना (bolnā), कहना (kahnā), बात करना (bāt karnā). See Speak meaning in Hindi.

How do you use speak in a sentence?

You're speaking too fast.

What part of speech is speak?

Speak can be a verb or a noun.

How do you pronounce speak?

Speak is pronounced /spiːk/ (UK).

What is the past tense of speak?

The past tense of speak is spoke.