speaking
/ˈspiːˌkiŋ/ · adjective
Meaning
- Used in speaking.
- Expressive; eloquent.
- Involving speaking.
- Having the ability of speech.
- One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
- The act of communicating vocally.
- An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
- To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- To have a conversation.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- To be able to communicate in a language.
- To utter.
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