"speak out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-speak out.ogg [Australia] Forms: speaks out [present, singular, third-person], speaking out [participle, present], spoke out [past], spoken out [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|speak<,,spoke,spoken> out}} speak out (third-person singular simple present speaks out, present participle speaking out, simple past spoke out, past participle spoken out)
  1. (idiomatic) To assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Talking Derived forms: speakout [noun] Related terms: shout down, talk over Translations (assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known): মাত মাত (english: mat mat) (Assamese), dilə gəlmək (Azerbaijani), изказвам се (izkazvam se) (Bulgarian), zich uitspreken (Dutch), ottaa kantaa (Finnish), sanoa mielipiteensä (Finnish), se prononcer (French), s'affirmer (French), sich klar und deutlich ausdrücken (German), Klartext reden [idiomatic] (German), kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen [idiomatic] (German), esternare (Italian), ēloquor (Latin), wypowiadać się [imperfective] (Polish), wypowiedzieć się [perfective] (Polish), falar (Portuguese), expressar-se (Portuguese), expresarse (Spanish), tala ut (Swedish), säga sin mening (Swedish), ta bladet från munnen (Swedish), виказувати (vykazuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), виказати (vykazaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known."
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
          "word": "изказвам се"
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
          "word": "ottaa kantaa"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
          "word": "esternare"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
          "word": "ēloquor"
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "roman": "vykazuvaty",
          "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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        "(idiomatic) To assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known."
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      "code": "as",
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      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "মাত মাত"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "dilə gəlmək"
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      "roman": "izkazvam se",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "изказвам се"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "zich uitspreken"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "ottaa kantaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "sanoa mielipiteensä"
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      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "se prononcer"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "s'affirmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "sich klar und deutlich ausdrücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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      "word": "Klartext reden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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      "word": "kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "esternare"
    },
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "ēloquor"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wypowiadać się"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wypowiedzieć się"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "falar"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "expressar-se"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "expresarse"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "tala ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "säga sin mening"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "word": "ta bladet från munnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykazuvaty",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "виказувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykazaty",
      "sense": "assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known",
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      "word": "виказати"
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  "word": "speak out"
}

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