noun
- The utterance of intelligible speech.
- synonyms: speech production
- Delivering an address to a public audience.
- usage: "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"
- synonyms: public speaking, speechmaking, oral presentation
verb
- Express in speech.
- usage: "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
- Exchange thoughts; talk with.
- usage: "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
- Use language.
- usage: "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
- Give a speech to.
- usage: "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
- Make a characteristic or natural sound.
- usage: "The drums spoke"
- synonyms: speak
adjective
- Capable of or involving speech or speaking.
- usage: "human beings-the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). speaking. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/speaking/definitions/1184069 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "speaking" http://smartdefine.org/speaking/definitions/1184069 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, speaking, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/speaking/definitions/1184069>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "speaking" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/speaking/definitions/1184069> |