Definitions
How to pronounce speaking:
Speaking - as an adjective
Capable of or involving speech or speaking
Example: "Human beings--the speaking animals"
Speaking - as a noun
The utterance of intelligible speech
Delivering an address to a public audience
Example: "People came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"
Speaking - as an adjective satellite
Speaking - as a verb
To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
Example: "I was so surprised i couldn't speak."
To have a conversation.
Example: "It's been ages since we've spoken."
(by extension) to communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
Example: "Actions speak louder than words."
To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
Example: "This evening i shall speak on the topic of correct english usage."
To be able to communicate in a language.
Example: "He speaks mandarin fluently."
To utter.
Example: "I was so surprised that i couldn't speak a word."
To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
(sometimes humorous) to understand (as though it were a language).
Example: "So you can program in c. but do you speak c++?"
To produce a sound; to sound.
Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
To address; to accost; to speak to.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
SPEAKING has a SCRABBLE points total of 15.
SPEAKING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 18.
SPEAKING has a WORDFEUD points total of 17.
