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speak up

UK/ˌspiːk ˈʌp/US/ˌspik ˈʌp/

speak up verb: to talk more loudly or clearly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To talk more loudly or clearly.
    • Could you speak up? I can't hear you.
  2. (idiomatic) To make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.
    • I feel that somebody has to speak up for those oppressed by the system.
    • Speak up if I'm bothering you.

speak up meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi

speak up in Malayalam

speak clearly, speak loudly, raise one's voice
ഉച്ചത്തിൽ പറയുക, ഉറക്കെപറയുക, ഘോഷിക്കുക, സ്പഷ്ടമായി പറയുക, വ്യക്തമായി പറയുക, കത്തുക

speak up in Kannada

ಎದೆವೇಳು, ಎರ್ದೆವೇಳ್, ಎರ್ದೆವೇೞ್, ಎರ್ದೆವೇಳು, ಖಚಿತಪಡಿಸು, ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡು

speak up in Punjabi

to speak up
بولنا bolṇā

Forms of speak up

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

Questions about speak up

What does speak up mean?
Speak up means to talk more loudly or clearly.
What is speak up in Malayalam?
Speak up in Malayalam is ഉച്ചത്തിൽ പറയുക, ഉറക്കെപറയുക, ഘോഷിക്കുക. See Speak up meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is speak up?
Speak up is a verb.
How do you pronounce speak up?
Speak up is pronounced /ˌspiːk ˈʌp/ (UK).
What is the past tense of speak up?
The past tense of speak up is spoke up.

Words near speak up in the dictionary

  1. speak softly and carry a big stick
  2. speak someone's language
  3. speak to
  4. speak too soon
  5. speak truth to power
  6. speak up
  7. speak volumes
  8. speak well of
  9. speak with a forked tongue
  10. speak'st
  11. speak-box

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: speak up (page history and authors); speak up (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); speak up (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بولنا (Punjabi) (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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