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upspeakers

upspeakers is the plural of upspeaker.

Meaning of upspeaker

Noun

upspeaker (plural upspeakers)

  1. One who speaks up; an advocate.
  2. One who speaks with upspeak, or the raising of intonation at the end of statements.
    • The upspeak rule is applied non-systematically, i.e. upspeakers do not convert all RP falling tones to rising tones, even where the structural conditions for the operation of the rule are fulfilled.2003, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology

Questions about upspeakers

What is upspeakers the plural of?
Upspeakers is the plural of upspeaker.

Words near upspeakers in the dictionary

  1. upsot
  2. upsought
  3. upspake
  4. upspeak
  5. upspeaker
  6. upspeakers
  7. upspeaking
  8. upspeaks
  9. upspear
  10. upspeared
  11. upspearing

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