speaking
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
speaking/ˈspiːkɪŋ/
▶noun the action of expressing oneself in speech or giving speeches. ▶adjective
- 1 used for or engaged in speech.
■ able to communicate in a specified language.
- 2 conveying meaning as though in words.
– phrases
on speaking terms slightly acquainted; moderately friendly.
on speaking terms slightly acquainted; moderately friendly.
'speaking' also found in these Oxford entries:
address
- Afrikaner
- aguardiente
- alameda
- allegory
- Anglo
- anglophone
- Anglo-Saxon
- Aryan
- auberge
- autopista
- barrio
- begin
- bilingual
- blaspheme
- bodega
- bourse
- Briticism
- brogue
- cabildo
- cacique
- Cajun
- campesino
- can
- cantina
- Cape Malay
- caudillo
- chest voice
- chorus
- Christian name
- close
- cognac
- collective noun
- coloured
- crisp
- curé
- dago
- Damara
- dialect
- diction
- dispatch box
- Dorian
- dragoman
- Dravidian
- duologue
- dysphonia
- elide
- eloquence
- emphasis
- Eskimo
