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speak-out

speak-out is the alternative form of speakout.

Meaning of speakout

Noun

speakout (plural speakouts)

  1. A public forum or meeting at which members of a community speak out about an issue facing the community, e.g. rape.
    • Sui Wai Anderson, a pianist and songwriter, performed two original compositions and preceded a speak-out by two women who gave personal accounts of illegal abortions they obtained before the 1973 Supreme Court decision.1984 February 4, Sue Hyde, “Abortion Activists Mark Jan 22. Anniversary”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 13

Forms of speak-out

pluralspeak-outs

Questions about speak-out

What is speak-out the alternative form of?
Speak-out is the alternative form of speakout.

Words near speak-out in the dictionary

  1. speak well of
  2. speak with a forked tongue
  3. speak'st
  4. speak-box
  5. speak-boxes
  6. speak-out
  7. speak-outs
  8. speakability
  9. speakable
  10. speakableness
  11. speake

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