speaking
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
speaking (not comparable)
- Used in speaking.
- one's normal speaking voice
- Expressive; eloquent.
- The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
- Involving speaking.
- It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
- Having the ability of speech.
- speaking parrot; speaking clock
- (in compounds) Having competence in a language.
- the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast
Antonyms [edit]
- (expressive): unspeaking
- (involving speaking): nonspeaking
Noun [edit]
speaking (plural speakings)
- One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
- I can read and understand mosts texts in German, but my speaking is awful.
- The act of communicating vocally.
- An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
Verb [edit]
speaking
- Present participle of speak.
Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: cost · value · cast · #784: speaking · circumstances · sitting · Christ
