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(v)
(transitive) To speak or to use words to express.
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(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
(transitive) To speak; to utter.
(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
(n)
One who speaks.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
To make a short reference to something.
(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
(obsolete, intransitive) To talk; to converse; to parley.
(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
To be engaged in informal conversation.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.
(transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
The act of presenting, or something presented.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
The action of the verb talk.
(of people) To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
To intend.
(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
(transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.
(adj)
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
To request or petition.
(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
(transitive) To create.
(intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
(intransitive) To happen or take place.
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. [with in]
(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
To utilize or employ.
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
A particular point of time; an instant.
(nautical, uncommon) To change the course of (a ship) to the other tack; to bring (a ship) about.
(intransitive) To act in response.
Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
(transitive) To possess, own.
(intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
Primarily physical senses.
To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
(ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
To position or be positioned physically:
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
(transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
The act by which something is felled.
(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
(Islam) Speculative theology.
An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees).
Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.
(intransitive) To do something.
A surname.
A female given name.