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Inflections of 'speak' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

speaks: v 3rd person singular

speaking: v pres p

spoke: v past

spoken: v past p

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Sense: Verb: aticulate

Synonyms:

articulate , say something, say , vocalize, vocalise (UK), verbalize, verbalise (UK), tell , state , comment , blurt out, utter , enunciate, make yourself heard

Sense: Verb: converse

Synonyms:

converse, talk , chat , have a word (informal), communicate , discuss , shoot the breeze (slang), chitchat (informal), have a chinwag (UK, slang), have a chat, have a talk, natter (UK, informal), have a natter (UK, informal), debate

Sense: Verb: deliver a speech

Synonyms:

deliver a speech, give a talk, make a speech, lecture , talk , orate, declaim, speechify, sermonize, sermonise (UK), give a sermon, give a presentation

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5% of the population/people speak or speaks? - English Only forum
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a country where you have to speak a foreign language VS foreign country - English Only forum
a deed speak of a doer - English Only forum
a government machine, not to speak of many…politicians, highly unsympathetic - English Only forum
a language that the percentage of students who speak it - English Only forum
a little trouble over at our White House but that'll blow over, so to speak - English Only forum
A man's gotta speak up for himself in this world - English Only forum
a person who can't speak from the birth from a condition - English Only forum
a person who's reluctant to speak his heart - English Only forum
A phrase to speak of the main period for an activity - English Only forum
a speak-easy in the basement - English Only forum
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about speak - English Only forum
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advised him not to speak but desperately wanted him to - English Only forum
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