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speak out

speak out verb: to assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known.

Verb

speak out (third-person singular simple present speaks out, present participle speaking out, simple past spoke out, past participle spoken out)

  1. (idiomatic) To assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known.
    • You should learn to speak out in meetings with your boss.

speak out meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit

speak out in Urdu

منہ کھولنا, زبان کھولنا

speak out in Malayalam

speak openly, speak publicly, speak frankly
അഭിപ്രായം സ്വതന്ത്രമായി പറയുക, തുറന്നുപറയുക, ഉറക്കെ പറയുക, പരസ്യമായി പറയുക, വിളമ്പുക, തുറന്നു സംസാരിക്കുക

speak out in Kannada

ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸು, ವ್ಯಕ್ತಮಾಡು

speak out in Sanskrit

to speak out; to raise voice; to roar
प्रवदति pravadati
More languagesFewer languages
speak out in Assamese
মাত মাত

Forms of speak out

third-person singular presentspeaks out
present participlespeaking out
pastspoke out
past participlespoken out

Words formed from speak out

Questions about speak out

What does speak out mean?
Speak out means to assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known.
What is speak out in Urdu?
Speak out in Urdu is منہ کھولنا, زبان کھولنا. See Speak out meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is speak out?
Speak out is a verb.
What is the past tense of speak out?
The past tense of speak out is spoke out.

Words near speak out in the dictionary

  1. speak of the devil
  2. speak of the devil and he appears
  3. speak of the devil and he shall appear
  4. speak one's conscience
  5. speak one's mind
  6. speak out
  7. speak out of turn
  8. speak softly and carry a big stick
  9. speak someone's language
  10. speak to
  11. speak too soon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: speak out (page history and authors); speak out (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); speak out (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); speak out (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रवदति (Sanskrit) (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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