"speak highly" meaning in English

See speak highly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: speaks highly [present, singular, third-person], speaking highly [participle, present], spoke highly [participle, past], spoke highly [past]
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)
  1. To praise. Translations (praise): 稱讚 (Chinese Mandarin), 称赞 (chēngzàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kehua (Finnish), ylistää (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for speak highly meaning in English (1.7kB)

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