spoken
/หspoสkษn/IPA: /S P OW1 K AH0 N/
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To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
โI was so surprised I couldn't speak.โ
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To have a conversation.
โIt's been ages since we've spoken.โ
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(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
โActions speak louder than words.โ
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To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
โThis evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.โ
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To be able to communicate in a language.
โHe speaks Mandarin fluently.โ
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To utter.
โI was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.โ
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To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
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(sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
โSo you can program in C. But do you speak C++?โ
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To produce a sound; to sound.
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Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
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To address; to accost; to speak to.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speak, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spoken