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spoken out

spoken out is the past participle of speak out.

Meaning of speak out

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.

Questions about spoken out

What is spoken out the past participle of?
Spoken out is the past participle of speak out.

Words near spoken out in the dictionary

  1. spoken in tongues
  2. spoken like a book
  3. spoken of
  4. spoken one's conscience
  5. spoken one's mind
  6. spoken out
  7. spoken out of turn
  8. spoken pause
  9. spoken pauses
  10. spoken someone's language
  11. spoken to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spoken out (page history and authors); speak out (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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