speaking
Used in speaking.
Adjective 4 meanings
Used in speaking.
“one's normal speaking voice”
Expressive; eloquent.
“The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.”
Involving speaking.
“It was her first speaking part: she screamed.”
Having the ability of speech.
“speaking parrot; speaking clock”
Noun 4 meanings
One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
“I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful.”
The act of communicating vocally.
A speaking exercise or exam.
An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
Interjection 1 meaning
Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.
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.
Similar and opposite words
SPEAKING at a glance
SPEAKING has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + E 1 + A 1 + K 5 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,280 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with speaking
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- SNEAKING13
- SPEARING11
- SPECKING17
- SPEANING11
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