"speak up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌspiːk ˈʌp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌspik ˈʌp/ [General-American], /ˌspiːk ˈʌp/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-speak up.ogg [Australia] Forms: speaks up [present, singular, third-person], speaking up [participle, present], spoke up [past], spoken up [participle, past]
enPR: spēk' ŭpʹ Head templates: {{en-verb|speak<,,spoke,spoken> up}} speak up (third-person singular simple present speaks up, present participle speaking up, simple past spoke up, past participle spoken up)
  1. (idiomatic) To talk more loudly or clearly. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to talk more loudly or plainly): puhua kovempaa (Finnish), korottaa ääntään (Finnish), lauter sprechen (German), den Mund aufmachen [colloquial] (German), hangosabban/érthetőbben/tagoltabban beszél (Hungarian), felemeli a hangját (Hungarian), falar mais alto (english: more loudly) (Portuguese), falar mais claro/claramente (english: more plainly) (Portuguese), erguer a voz (note: often suggesting a menacing tone) (Portuguese), говорить громче (govoritʹ) (Russian), hablar más alto y más claro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-speak_up-en-verb-JXR26Tfm Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to talk more loudly or plainly': 92 8
  2. (idiomatic) To make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to make oneself or one's opinions known): söz açmaq (Azerbaijani), dilə gəlmək (Azerbaijani), sanoa ääneen (Finnish), facerse ouvir (Galician), einsetzen [reflexive] (German), eintreten (German), den Mund aufmachen [colloquial] (German), sagen (alt: + etwas) (German), kiáll (Hungarian), felszólal (Hungarian), szót emel (Hungarian), felemeli a szavát (Hungarian), szól (english: let someone know of something) (Hungarian), erguer a voz (Portuguese), fazer-se ouvir (Portuguese), высказываться (vyskazyvatʹsja) (Russian), säga ifrån (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-speak_up-en-verb-D4Y6LwD- Disambiguation of Talking: 40 60 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 39 61 Disambiguation of "to make oneself or one's opinions known": 0 100

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
      "word": "fazer-se ouvir"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make oneself or one's opinions known",
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