( speaks    3rd person present)   ( speaking    present participle)   ( spoke    past tense)   ( spoken    past participle  )
1       verb   When you speak, you use your voice in order to say something.  
I rang the hotel and spoke to Louie...      V to/with n  
She says she must speak with you at once...      V to/with n  
She cried when she spoke of Oliver.      V of/about n I spoke these idiotic words.      V n  
  spoken      adj   ADJ n  
2       verb   When someone speaksto a group of people, they make a speech.  
When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad...      V to n  
He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention...      V  
The President spoke of the need for territorial compromise.      V of n  
He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged...      V for n  
I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization...      V for n  
He doesn't speak English...      V n  
5       verb   People sometimes mention something that has been written by saying what the author speaks of.  
Throughout the book Liu speaks of the abuse of Party power...      V of n  
St Paul speaks of the body as the `temple of the Holy Spirit'.      V of n as n  
6       v-recip   If two people arenotspeaking, they no longer talk to each other because they have quarrelled.  
with neg  
He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife...      V to n  
The co-stars are still not speaking.      pl-n V  
7       verb   If you say that something speaks foritself, you mean that its meaning or quality is so obvious that it does not need explaining or pointing out.  
no cont  
...the figures speak for themselves<endash>low order books, bleak prospects at home and a worsening outlook for exports...      V for pron-refl  
9    If you say `Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them.  
speak for yourself      convention  
`We're not blaming you,' Kate said. `Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered.     
be spoken for             phrase   V inflects  
She'd probably drop some comment about her `fiancé' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for...     
11    Nothing to speak of means `hardly anything' or `only unimportant things'.  
to speak of      phrase   n PHR, with brd-neg  
They have no weaponry to speak of..., `Any fresh developments?'<emdash>`Nothing to speak of.'     
speak well/highly/ill of sb      phrase   V inflects, PHR n  
Both spoke highly of the Russian president..., It seemed she found it difficult to speak ill of anyone.     
so to speak      phrase   PHR with cl  
14    If you are on speaking termswith someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them.  
on speaking terms      phrase   usu v-link PHR, oft PHR with n  
    to speak your mind  
    to speak volumes  
    volume   speak out      phrasal verb   If you speak out against something or in favour of something, you say publicly that you think it is bad or good.  
As tempers rose, he spoke out strongly against some of the radical ideas for selling off state-owned property...      V P prep  
Even then, she continued to speak out at rallies around the country.      V P   speak up  
1       phrasal verb   If you speak up, you say something, especially to defend a person or protest about something, rather than just saying nothing.  
Uncle Herbert never argued, never spoke up for himself...      V P for n  
2       phrasal verb   If you ask someone to speak up, you are asking them to speak more loudly.  
no cont  
I'm quite deaf<endash>you'll have to speak up.      V P  
Traduction Dictionnaire Collins Anglais - Cobuild  
Spoken is the past participle of speak.  

plain-spoken      , plainspoken  
If you say that someone is plain-spoken, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even when they know that what they say may not please other people.      adj  
...a plain-spoken American full of scorn for pomp and pretense.     
Someone who is soft-spoken has a quiet, gentle voice.      adj  
He was a gentle, soft-spoken intelligent man.     
-spoken combines with adverbs and adjectives to form adjectives which indicate how someone speaks.      comb in adj  
The woman was smartly dressed and well-spoken., ...a soft-spoken man in his early thirties.     
spoken word     
Thespoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.      n-sing   usu the N  
There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.     
well-spoken      , well spoken  
A well-spoken person speaks in a polite correct way and with an accent which is considered socially acceptable.      adj  
I remember her as a quiet, hard-working and well-spoken girl.     

Traduction Dictionnaire Collins Anglais - Cobuild  



by word of mouth, expressed, oral, phonetic, put into words, said, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced  

blunt, candid, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, open, outright, outspoken, straightforward, unequivocal, upfront     (informal)  
   diplomatic, discreet, evasive, guarded, indirect, reticent, subtle, tactful, thoughtful  

Dictionnaire anglais Collins English synonyme-Thesaurus  

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spoken, -spoken, spoken word, well spoken

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