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speaks in terms

speaks in terms is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 speaks in terms

What is speaks in terms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Speaks in terms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of speak in terms.

Words near speaks in terms in the dictionary

  1. speaks for oneself
  2. speaks highly
  3. speaks ill of
  4. speaks in circles
  5. speaks in dollars
  6. speaks in terms
  7. speaks in tongues
  8. speaks like a book
  9. speaks of
  10. speaks one's conscience
  11. speaks one's mind

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