speaking

Meaning of speaking

adjective
  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.
noun
  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.
verb
  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.

Information about speaking

  • The plural form of speaking is: speakings.
  • Languages ​​in which speaking is used:

    (Press the button to hear it)

Hyphenation of speaking

speak-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • speaking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

speaking synonyms

Meaning public speaking:

speechmaking

Meaning :

articulate, talk, verbalize

speaking antonyms

Meaning :

unspeaking, nonspeaking

Words that rhyme with speaking

King, king, Kodaking, Sabbathbreaking, aerobraking, aking, anticaking, aslaking, awaking, axmaking, backbreaking, bagmaking, baking, barnsbreaking, barrelmaking, basketmaking, beaking, becloaking, bedmaking, beermaking, bellmaking, bellowsmaking, beltmaking, beraking, bespeaking, bestreaking, betaking, biscuitmaking, blanketmaking, blockmaking, boaking, bodicemaking, bodymaking, boilermaking, boltmaking, bookmaking, bootmaking, bottlemaking, bowmaking, boxmaking, brakemaking, braking, breadmaking, breaking, breathtaking, bribetaking, brickmaking, bridgemaking, broommaking, brushmaking

Are you looking more rhymes for speaking? Try our rhymes search engine.