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speaks someone's language

speaks someone's language is the third-person singular simple present indicative of speak someone's language.

Meaning of speak someone's language

Verb

speak someone's language (third-person singular simple present speaks someone's language, present participle speaking someone's language, simple past spoke someone's language, past participle spoken someone's language)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately.
    • "When I'm with you I seem to get back to my natural conditions—the conditions in which I can live and work." . . . He turned to her eagerly. "You're the only one, Lois, who knows what I mean—who can speak my language."1915, Basil King, chapter 15, in The Side Of The Angels

Questions about speaks someone's language

What is speaks someone's language the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Speaks someone's language is the third-person singular simple present indicative of speak someone's language.

Words near speaks someone's language in the dictionary

  1. speaks of
  2. speaks one's conscience
  3. speaks one's mind
  4. speaks out
  5. speaks out of turn
  6. speaks someone's language
  7. speaks to
  8. speaks too soon
  9. speaks truth to power
  10. speaks up
  11. speaks volumes

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