speakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈspiː.kər/us/ˈspiː.kɚ/speaker noun [ C ] (FORMAL TALK)
B1 a person who gives a speech at a public event:
a good public speaker
Please join with me in thanking our guest speaker tonight.
The Democrats have chosen the Texas state treasurer as the keynote (= most important) speaker at their convention.
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- In his opening salvo the speaker fiercely attacked the government's record on healthcare.
- She is a confident and self-possessed public speaker.
- The speaker sidestepped the question by saying that it would take him too long to answer it.
- The speaker was applauded as he tore apart the prime minister's policies.
- A huge throng had gathered round the speaker.
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Speakers & talkers
- caller
- commentator
- conversationalist
- debate
- demagogue
- eulogy
- flack
- gasbag
- gossip
- heckle
- informant
- interlocutor
- motormouth
- orator
- peddler
- raconteur
- spokesman
- talker
- voice
- windbag
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speaker noun [ C ] (LANGUAGE)
B1 someone who speaks a particular language:
a French speaker
a fluent Russian speaker
non-English speakers
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Using other languages
- anglophone
- code switching
- diglossia
- first language
- francophone
- interpret
- linguist
- lusophone
- machine translation
- modern languages
- monolingual
- multilingual
- non-native speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- speak
- translate
- translation
- trilingual
- word
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speaker noun [ C ] (ELECTRICAL)
A2 the part of a radio, television, or computer, or of a piece of electrical equipment for playing recorded sound, through which the sound is played. A speaker can be part of the radio, etc. or be separate from it:
There's no sound coming out of the right-hand speaker.
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Amplifiers, microphones & speakers
- amplifier
- amplify
- balance
- bass 1
- earphones
- headphones
- headset
- loudhailer
- loudspeaker
- megaphone
- mic
- microphone
- mike
- mike check
- mike sb up
- pa
- PA system
- public address system
- Tannoy
- tap
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