speakerspeak‧er /ˈspiːkə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 
the guest speaker at the conference The keynote speaker (=main or most important speaker) was Robert Venturi, the architect.after-dinner speaker (=someone who makes a speech after a formal meal)2someone who speaks a particular languageFrench-speaker/Spanish-speaker etcspeaker of Some English words are difficult for speakers of other languages. a native speaker of Chinese3the part of a radio, sound system etc where the sound comes out4formal someone who says something: Pay attention to the body language of the speaker.5the Speaker an official who controls discussions in a parliament6the Speaker of the House the politician who controls discussions in the House of Representatives in the US CongressCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + speakera public speaker· He was a good public speaker.an after-dinner speaker (=someone who makes speeches after formal meals)· As every after-dinner speaker knows, a joke or two is always much appreciated.the guest speaker· The guest speaker will be the Secretary of State for Health.the keynote/main speaker (=the most important speaker)· the keynote speaker at the seminar, Dr Paul Messina
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Speakers of Cantonese often cannot understand speakers of Mandarin.
- All our English teachers are native speakers.
- Doug Williams is the first speaker in tonight's debate.
- Each week the school has a different guest speaker come and talk to the students.
- Everyone tells me I'm a good speaker, but I really hate doing it.
- Former President Carter will be the main speaker at the graduation.
- Jennings was one of the keynote speakers at the conference's opening session Thursday.
- Kennedy was known as a brilliant public speaker.
- The hotel has two English speakers on its staff.
- A compact disk player, rare for its day, fed Chopin and the Rolling Stones into fierce-looking, six-foot MartinLogan speakers.
- The speaker has, in the past, paid a fine for not disclosing fully his property ventures with lobbyists.
- The Baby pushes out 30 watts through a single ten-inch dual-cone speaker, and features two channels.
- What could be more fun than heckling the problem speaker at your own eulogy?
Longman Language Activatorto speak a language
· Nadia speaks six languages.speak French/Japanese/Russian etc · Is there anyone here who can speak Arabic?
to be able to speak, read, and understand some of a particular foreign language: · I know enough Italian to travel around there.· Do you know any Polish?
very good at speaking a foreign language, so that you can speak it quickly without stopping and you understand it very well: fluent in English/German/Thai etc: · Applicants should be fluent in Cantonese.fluent French/Arabic/Japanese etc: · Ann speaks fluent Italian.
able to speak two languages very well: · About 80 percent of the school's students are bilingual.
able to speak several languages very well: · Many people who work at the European Parliament are multilingual.
someone who can speak a particular language: speaker of English/Russian/Arabic etc: · Speakers of Cantonese often cannot understand speakers of Mandarin.English/Spanish/Urdu etc speaker: · The hotel has two English speakers on its staff.native speaker (=learnt a particular language as their first language as a child): · All our English teachers are native speakers.
someone who makes a speech someone who makes a speech in public: · Doug Williams is the first speaker in tonight's debate.· Everyone tells me I'm a good speaker, but I really hate doing it.public speaker: · Kennedy was known as a brilliant public speaker.guest speaker (=someone who has been invited to come and give a speech or talk): · Each week the school has a different guest speaker come and talk to the students.keynote speaker (=someone who gives the most important speech at a big meeting): · Jennings was one of the keynote speakers at the conference's opening session Thursday.
someone who makes great public speeches and is good at persuading people to accept particular ideas, opinions, or principles: · Ogilvy had a reputation as a great orator.· Keyes is a fiery orator who built his campaign around his anti-abortion stand.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + speaker Bill Gates is booked as the keynote speaker.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· He was a good public speaker.
(=someone who makes speeches after formal meals)· As every after-dinner speaker knows, a joke or two is always much appreciated.
· The guest speaker will be the Secretary of State for Health.
(=the most important speaker)· the keynote speaker at the seminar, Dr Paul Messina
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=one who is invited to an event from another organization, university etc)· The guest speaker at the conference was Dr. Kim.
Bill Gates is booked as the keynote speaker.· Voice over Around Oxford students from other colleges had mixed feelings. Female speaker I think it's good.· They stole £50. Female speaker I just felt dreadful.· Female speaker I like the bouncing castle. Female speaker I like the bouncing castle because you can go high.· They are unlikely to follow suit Female speaker I don't think we would engage in that sort of thing.
· Voice over Others are in worse straits. Male speaker I know farmers who still have two hundred acres to get in.· But Michael Grant's father was dissatisfied with the outcome: Male speaker Thirty thousand pounds is nothing for some one's life.· It supports the theory he will strike again. Male speaker There's a feeling of guilt soon after.· Male speaker It's wonderful. Male speaker My favourites are the crocodiles.
· This involves accessing, directly or indirectly, the intuition of a native speaker.· You select an Esperanto phrase, then hear the phrase as spoken by a native speaker.· Remember that the language is spoken at normal speed for an audience of native speakers.· The higher stages include adaptations of a wide variety of titles originally published for native speakers.· The situation is different for native speakers of the language who automatically perceive the speech as being chopped up into discrete units.· This process is trivial for a native speaker of a language, however for a computer system the solution is more difficult.· You will need one or more native speakers of the language to help you in your learning.· The listening activities feature dialogues with native and non-native speakers, allowing students to gain access to a wide variety of accents.
NOUN· They formed the bedrock of the college's Black Student Society, which regularly invited guest speakers and performers.· Most people tend to have a high expectation of a guest speaker of your reputation.· The monthly meetings include discussions of Club business, talks by guest speakers and vendor presentations.· Every Tuesday a guest speaker from the community came in to talk about a particular aspect of the law.· The department runs a research seminar, with guest speakers and opportunities for postgraduate students to present their work.· Prince Charles, in his capacity as president of the charity Business in the Community, was to be the guest speaker.· The Committee organises an interesting programme which includes visits to science exhibitions and talks by guest speakers.
· But the House speaker apparently failed to forward any nomination for the automatic but constitutionally required approval of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.· Early trends showing continued Republican control of the House assured Gingrich another term as House speaker.· The House speaker said the deadlock may not be broken before the election in November.· The winning party gets to elect the next House speaker.
· I thank you for the honour of being asked to be your keynote speaker tonight.· While serving as state treasurer, Ann Richards was the keynote speaker at the Democrats' 1988 convention in Atlanta.· The keynote speaker had wound up to polite applause.· The keynote speaker was Arthur Goldberg, now a Supreme Court justice.· Is it the party that selected Susan Molinari, a moderate, pro-choice congresswoman, as its keynote speaker?
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- I did not catch the name of the speaker, a person utterly unknown to most of us, I think.
- Rather, the hearer is intended to use the literal meaning in figuring out what the speaker actually intends to communicate.
- Sandal-shod farmers stand quietly in the golden evening light or crane their necks for a look at the speakers.
- The man who suffers from their behaviour is Ruslan Khasbulatov, the speaker of parliament.
- Therefore, if the assumption that the speaker is actually cooperating is to be preserved, some informative inference must be made.
- Two new polls indicate weak public support for the speaker.
- You can have the speaker in close-up, talking directly to the camera.
- Gore even enlisted the aid of Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House.
- Clinton does not include his pro-choice stand in his standard stump speech, either.
- Confronted by the realities of office, even young men forget the carefree promises of the stump speech.
- His strident 30-minute stump speech was interrupted only a couple of times with polite applause.
- No soap box, no stump speech, no calling out, in a beer-barrel voice, to hit the bricks.
- Pete Magowan should have brought Clark back to give stump speeches about the horrors of Candlestick.
- They campaigned for Hardaway while the Adelman ticket delivered a persuasive stump speech.
- Voinovich, 59, is described as a roll-up-the-sleeves fiscal manager and a good stump speaker.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveunspeakablespeechlessoutspokenspoken ≠ unspokennounspeakerspeechverbspeakadverbunspeakably
1someone who makes a formal speech to a group of peoplespeaker at the guest speaker at the conference The keynote speaker (=main or most important speaker) was Robert Venturi, the architect.after-dinner speaker (=someone who makes a speech after a formal meal)2someone who speaks a particular languageFrench-speaker/Spanish-speaker etcspeaker of Some English words are difficult for speakers of other languages. a native speaker of Chinese3the part of a radio, sound system etc where the sound comes out4formal someone who says something: Pay attention to the body language of the speaker.5the Speaker an official who controls discussions in a parliament6the Speaker of the House the politician who controls discussions in the House of Representatives in the US CongressCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + speakera public speaker· He was a good public speaker.an after-dinner speaker (=someone who makes speeches after formal meals)· As every after-dinner speaker knows, a joke or two is always much appreciated.the guest speaker· The guest speaker will be the Secretary of State for Health.the keynote/main speaker (=the most important speaker)· the keynote speaker at the seminar, Dr Paul Messina