"speaking" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-speaking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English spekinge, spekynge, spekinde, spekende, spekande, spekand, from Old English specende, sprecende (“speaking”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). Equivalent to speak + -ing. Cognate with Scots speikand, speikin (“speaking”), Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), German Low German sprekend (“speaking”), German sprechend (“speaking”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spekinge}} Middle English spekinge, {{m|enm|spekynge}} spekynge, {{m|enm|spekinde}} spekinde, {{m|enm|spekende}} spekende, {{m|enm|spekande}} spekande, {{m|enm|spekand}} spekand, {{inh|en|ang|specende}} Old English specende, {{m|ang|sprecende|t=speaking}} sprecende (“speaking”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sprekandz|t=speaking}} Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*sprekaną|t=to speak}} Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”), {{af|en|speak|-ing|id2=participial}} speak + -ing, {{cog|sco|speikand}} Scots speikand, {{m|sco|speikin|t=speaking}} speikin (“speaking”), {{cog|stq|spreekend|t=speaking}} Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), {{cog|fy|sprekkend|t=speaking}} West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), {{cog|nl|sprekend|t=speaking}} Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), {{cog|nds-de|sprekend|t=speaking}} German Low German sprekend (“speaking”), {{cog|de|sprechend|t=speaking}} German sprechend (“speaking”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} speaking (not comparable)
  1. Used in speaking. Tags: not-comparable Translations (used in speaking): Sprech- (German), Sprach- (German), beszéd- (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-adj-HwCgPRXd Disambiguation of 'used in speaking': 94 1 1 1 4
  2. Expressive; eloquent. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-adj-5WAsZe4w Disambiguation of Talking: 2 25 2 3 30 4 23 2 4 6
  3. Involving speaking. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-adj-7OeLhr95
  4. Having the ability of speech. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-adj-bqnWPZzB
  5. Having the ability of speech.
    (in compounds) Having competence in a language.
    Tags: in-compounds, not-comparable Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-adj-GYIupSwB Disambiguation of Talking: 2 25 2 3 30 4 23 2 4 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (having the ability of speech): говорещ (govorešt) (Bulgarian), puhuva (Finnish), Sprech- (German), -sprachig (German), -sprechend (German), sprechend (German), Rede- (German), rede- (German), beszélő (Hungarian), говоря́щий (govorjáščij) (Russian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'having the ability of speech': 0 1 0 50 50

Interjection

IPA: /ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-speaking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{en-interj}} speaking
  1. (telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking. Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking): на телефона (na telefona) (Bulgarian), am Apparat (German), én vagyok az (Hungarian), tu (Polish), tutaj (Polish), z tej strony (Polish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-speaking.ogg [US] Forms: speakings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|speking}} Middle English speking, {{m|enm|spekynge}} spekynge, {{af|en|speak|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} speak + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} speaking (plural speakings)
  1. One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-noun-yQs-y2kB Disambiguation of Talking: 2 25 2 3 30 4 23 2 4 6
  2. The act of communicating vocally. Translations (the act of communicating vocally): разговор (razgovor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), beszéd (Hungarian), разгово́р (razgovór) (english: conversation) [masculine] (Russian) Translations (the act of speaking): говорене (govorene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (shuō) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (jiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), Sprechen [neuter] (German), beszéd (Hungarian), 話すこと (hanasu koto) (alt: はなすこと) (Japanese), 말하기 (malhagi) (Korean), говоре́ние (govorénije) [neuter] (Russian), разгово́р (razgovór) [masculine] (Russian), говоріння (hovorinnja) (Ukrainian), мовлення (movlennja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-noun-51AWx-DG Disambiguation of 'the act of communicating vocally': 6 93 0 Disambiguation of 'the act of speaking': 0 100 0
  3. An oral recitation of e.g. a story. Translations (an oral recitation): реч (reč) [feminine] (Bulgarian), рецитиране (recitirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), речь (rečʹ) [feminine] (Russian), выступле́ние (vystuplénije) [neuter, term-of-address] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-noun-6k3gJpe8 Disambiguation of 'an oral recitation': 6 1 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-speaking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} speaking
  1. present participle and gerund of speak Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: speak
    Sense id: en-speaking-en-verb-YxX4wQQa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "expressive",
      "word": "unspeaking"
    },
    {
      "sense": "involving speaking",
      "word": "nonspeaking"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "spekinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English spekinge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "spekinde",
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      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "spekande",
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "spekand"
      },
      "expansion": "spekand",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "specende"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English specende",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "sprecende (“speaking”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sprekandz",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sprekaną",
        "t": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "speak",
        "3": "-ing",
        "id2": "participial"
      },
      "expansion": "speak + -ing",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "speikand"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots speikand",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "speikin",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "speikin (“speaking”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "spreekend",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "sprekkend",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "sprekend",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch sprekend (“speaking”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "sprekend",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German sprekend (“speaking”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sprechend",
        "t": "speaking"
      },
      "expansion": "German sprechend (“speaking”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "speaking (not comparable)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "one's normal speaking voice"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in speaking."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-adj-HwCgPRXd",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used in speaking",
          "word": "Sprech-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used in speaking",
          "word": "Sprach-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 1 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "used in speaking",
          "word": "beszéd-"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "2 25 2 3 30 4 23 2 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Talking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sight was more speaking than any speech could be."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressive; eloquent."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-adj-5WAsZe4w",
      "links": [
        [
          "eloquent",
          "eloquent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was her first speaking part: she screamed."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Involving speaking."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-adj-7OeLhr95",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "speaking parrot; speaking clock"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the ability of speech."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-adj-bqnWPZzB",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "2 25 2 3 30 4 23 2 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Talking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the ability of speech.",
        "Having competence in a language."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-adj-GYIupSwB",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Having the ability of speech.",
        "(in compounds) Having competence in a language."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-speaking.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg/En-us-speaking.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govorešt",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "говорещ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "puhuva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "Sprech-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "-sprachig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "-sprechend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "sprechend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "Rede-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "rede-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "beszélő"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 1 0 50 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "govorjáščij",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "говоря́щий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speaking"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "speking"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English speking",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "spekynge"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "en",
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        "id2": "gerund noun"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "speakings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "speaking (plural speakings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 25 2 3 30 4 23 2 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "en:Talking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful."
        }
      ],
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        "One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-noun-yQs-y2kB",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jimmie W. Greene, Samuel D. Perry, Bridge Builder, page 50",
          "text": "Sometimes, a brawl would erupt, as a result, but, in general, public speakings were peaceful events and essential ingredients for election to office.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of communicating vocally."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-noun-51AWx-DG",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "govorene",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "говорене"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "說"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuō",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "说"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "講"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎng",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "讲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sprechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "beszéd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "alt": "はなすこと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hanasu koto",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "話すこと"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "malhagi",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "말하기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "govorénije",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "говоре́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razgovór",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "разгово́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hovorinnja",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "говоріння"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "movlennja",
          "sense": "the act of speaking",
          "word": "мовлення"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razgovor",
          "sense": "the act of communicating vocally",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "разговор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of communicating vocally",
          "word": "beszéd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "conversation",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razgovór",
          "sense": "the act of communicating vocally",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "разгово́р"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An oral recitation of e.g. a story."
      ],
      "id": "en-speaking-en-noun-6k3gJpe8",
      "links": [
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          "_dis1": "6 1 93",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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      "rhymes": "-iːkɪŋ"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "na telefona",
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          "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
          "word": "én vagyok az"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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        "not-comparable"
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          "text": "The sight was more speaking than any speech could be."
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          "text": "It was her first speaking part: she screamed."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "speaking parrot; speaking clock"
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          "speech"
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        {
          "text": "the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast"
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        [
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          "speech"
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        "not-comparable"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkɪŋ"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used in speaking",
      "word": "Sprech-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used in speaking",
      "word": "Sprach-"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used in speaking",
      "word": "beszéd-"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govorešt",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "говорещ"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "puhuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "Sprech-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "-sprachig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "-sprechend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "sprechend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "Rede-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "rede-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "beszélő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "govorjáščij",
      "sense": "having the ability of speech",
      "word": "говоря́щий"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govorene",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "говорене"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "說"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuō",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "说"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "講"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "讲"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the act of speaking",
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      "word": "Sprechen"
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      "word": "beszéd"
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      "alt": "はなすこと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanasu koto",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "話すこと"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "malhagi",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "말하기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "govorénije",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "говоре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgovór",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "разгово́р"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hovorinnja",
      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "говоріння"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "the act of speaking",
      "word": "мовлення"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razgovor",
      "sense": "the act of communicating vocally",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "разговор"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "an oral recitation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "реч"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "recitirane",
      "sense": "an oral recitation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рецитиране"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rečʹ",
      "sense": "an oral recitation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "речь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vystuplénije",
      "sense": "an oral recitation",
      "tags": [
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        "term-of-address"
      ],
      "word": "выступле́ние"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "word": "speak"
        }
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      ],
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          "speak",
          "speak#English"
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        "present"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspiːˌkɪŋ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːkɪŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-speaking.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg/En-us-speaking.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "speaking"
}

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  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Telephony"
      ],
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        "Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telephony",
          "telephony"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications",
        "telephony"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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    },
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      "audio": "en-us-speaking.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-speaking.ogg/En-us-speaking.ogg.mp3",
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        "US"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "na telefona",
      "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
      "word": "на телефона"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
      "word": "am Apparat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
      "word": "én vagyok az"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
      "word": "tu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
      "word": "tutaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking",
      "word": "z tej strony"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speaking"
}

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