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speaking in terms

speaking in terms is the present participle and gerund of speak in terms.

Meaning of speak in terms

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To speak plainly.
    • […] while Mr. Elliot and Lord Milton and Mr. Ward, three of your party, stood foremost in the ranks to oppose the motion, and to speak in terms the most contumelious of the claims of the reformers […]1812, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 21, page 773

Questions about speaking in terms

What is speaking in terms the present participle and gerund of?
Speaking in terms is the present participle and gerund of speak in terms.

Words near speaking in terms in the dictionary

  1. speaking for oneself
  2. speaking highly
  3. speaking ill of
  4. speaking in circles
  5. speaking in dollars
  6. speaking in terms
  7. speaking in tongues
  8. speaking like a book
  9. speaking objection
  10. speaking objections
  11. speaking of

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