speak highly in All languages combined

Forms: speaks highly [present, singular, third-person], speaking highly [participle, present], spoke highly [participle, past], spoke highly [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|speak<,,spoke> highly}} speak highly (third-person singular simple present speaks highly, present participle speaking highly, simple past and past participle spoke highly)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speaks highly",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speaking highly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoke highly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoke highly",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      },
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    }
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He spoke highly of her work."
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:speak highly."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To praise."
      ],
      "id": "en-speak_highly-en-verb-ed-pckwU",
      "links": [
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "稱讚"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chēngzàn",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "称赞"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "kehua"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "praise",
          "word": "ylistää"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "speak highly"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speaks highly",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speaking highly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoke highly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spoke highly",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "speak<,,spoke> highly"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He spoke highly of her work."
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:speak highly."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To praise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "稱讚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chēngzàn",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "称赞"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "kehua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "praise",
      "word": "ylistää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speak highly"
}

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"speak highly" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms