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单词 speaking
释义

speaking

adjective

speak·​ing ˈspē-kiŋ How to pronounce speaking (audio)
1
a
: that speaks : capable of speech
b
: having a population that speaks a specified language
usually used in combination
English-speaking countries
c
: that involves talking or giving speeches
a speaking role
a speaking tour
2
: highly significant or expressive : eloquent
3
: resembling a living being or a real object

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In the Netflix adaptation of The Dirt, Corabi is reduced to a non-speaking extra who gets about three seconds of camera time. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2022 Since no one mentions kids in Sondheim’s lyrics or Furth’s book scenes, Elliott has to add a non-speaking nightmare sequence, showing Bobbie’s tug-of-war between the attractions and repulsions of having a baby. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021 Can Legendary make a Hobbs & Shaw-style team-up flick with two non-speaking kaiju? Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021 City women are uniformly portrayed as drunk idiots, and the nearly nonexistent BIPOC appear in non-speaking roles in the service industry. Genevieve Angelson, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2020 That includes speaking time, the length of pauses between speakers, the frequency of questions and the amount of overlapping talk. New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020 The White House’s press briefings are full of executives from companies like Walmart and underwear manufacturer Jockey International Inc, who often get even more speaking time than the medical professionals on the White House virus task force. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2020 Lizzie Williamson, a 31-year-old who drove up from North Easton, Mass., to knock on doors for Ms. Warren, had watched the debate and was frustrated with how little speaking time Ms. Warren received. New York Times, 8 Feb. 2020 In last night’s Democratic debate, of the six presidential candidates onstage, the two women had the most speaking time. Jameelah Nasheed, Teen Vogue, 20 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Legal Definition

speaking

adjective

speak·​ing
: addressing matters not raised in the pleadings
a speaking motion

speaking 1 of 3

adjective

as in talking

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • talking
  • communicative
  • articulate
  • voluble
  • talkative
  • loquacious
  • vocal
  • gabby
  • outspoken
  • well-spoken
  • fluent
  • talky
  • eloquent
  • garrulous
  • glib
  • unreserved
  • silver-tongued
  • facile
  • smooth-tongued

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • silent
  • mute
  • speechless
  • wordless
  • dumb
  • inarticulate
  • muted
  • mum
  • uncommunicative
  • voiceless
  • tongue-tied
  • nonvocal
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speaking

2 of 3

noun

as in eloquence

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • talking
  • eloquence
  • fluency
  • communication
  • volubility
  • loquacity
  • talkativeness
  • loquaciousness
  • garrulousness
  • chattiness
  • verbosity
  • wordiness
  • talkiness
  • windiness
  • verboseness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • silence
  • speechlessness
  • muteness
  • stillness
  • voicelessness
  • dumbness
  • reticence
  • inarticulateness
  • taciturnity
  • reserve
  • inarticulacy
  • reticency
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speaking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of speak
1
as in saying
to express (a thought or emotion) in words finally spoke her fears

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • talking
  • saying
  • uttering
  • telling
  • discussing
  • sharing
  • stating
  • articulating
  • verbalizing
  • enunciating
  • vocalizing
  • announcing
  • shouting
  • giving
  • voicing
  • passing
  • bringing out
  • publishing
  • whispering
  • posting
  • looking
  • declaring
  • putting
  • proclaiming
  • sounding
  • blurting
  • broadcasting
  • advertising
  • affirming
  • putting into words
  • airing
  • ventilating
  • asserting
  • publicizing
  • breathing
  • commenting
  • promulgating
  • venting
  • murmuring
  • drawling
  • mouthing
  • blabbering
  • remarking
  • alleging
  • phrasing
  • gasping
  • getting off
  • formulating
  • avowing
  • spouting
  • chirping
  • wording
  • blazing
  • purring
  • shooting
  • averring
  • bolting
  • spluttering
  • clothing
  • lipping
  • couching
  • snarling
  • avouching
  • formulizing
  • ripping (out)
  • piping up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • suppressing
  • stifling
2
as in lecturing
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • lecturing
  • talking
  • discoursing
  • orating
  • expatiating
  • declaiming
  • haranguing
  • descanting
  • holding forth
  • soliloquizing
  • expounding
  • reciting
  • pontificating
  • sermonizing
  • taking the floor
  • mouthing
  • disserting
  • spouting
  • filibustering
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