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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: speaking (0.02246 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to speaking.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: speaking berbicara
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: speak berbicara, bercakap, berfirman, bicara, mengucapkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: speaking speaking adj 1: capable of or involving speech or speaking; “human beings--the speaking animals”; “a speaking part in the play” [syn: speaking(a)] [ant: nonspeaking] 2: capable of speech; “the speaking animal” [syn: speaking(a), speech-endowed] n 1: the utterance of intelligible speech [syn: speech production ] 2: delivering an address to a public audience; “people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking” [syn: public speaking , speechmaking, oral presentation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Speaking Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p. Spoken(Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[=u]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.] 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. [1913 Webster] Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. [1913 Webster] That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. [1913 Webster] During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. [1913 Webster] Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. [1913 Webster] Lycan speaks of a part of C[ae]sar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. To give sound; to sound. [1913 Webster] Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. [1913 Webster] Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. --Robynson (More's Utopia). To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to. To speak with, to converse with. “Would you speak with me?” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. [1913 Webster] Speaking \Speak"ing\, n. 1. The act of uttering words. [1913 Webster] 2. Public declamation; oratory. [1913 Webster] Speaking \Speak"ing\, a. 1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. [1913 Webster] 2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. [1913 Webster] A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects. Speaking trumpet, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance. Speaking tube, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance. To be on speaking terms, to be slightly acquainted. [1913 Webster]

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