amerikai:
brit:
1. Used in speaking.
one's normal speaking voice
2. Expressive; eloquent.
The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
3. Involving speaking.
It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
4. Having the ability of speech.
1. One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful.
2. The act of communicating vocally.
3. An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
1. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
I was so surprised I couldn't speak.
2. To have a conversation.
It's been ages since we've spoken.
3. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
Actions speak louder than words.
4. To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
5. To be able to communicate in a language.
He speaks Mandarin fluently.
6. To utter.
I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
7. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
8. (sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
So you can program in C. But do you speak C++?
9. To produce a sound; to sound.
10. Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
11. To address; to accost; to speak to.