Hyponym

• SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
  • ADDRESS　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT. ...
  • CRITICISE　SPEAK AND NAME SOMETHING BAD and AVOIDABLE. ...
  • DISCUSS　SPEAK SYSTEMATICALLY on something, BASING oneself on INVESTIGATION AND REFLECTION....
  • DISTINGUISH　SPEAK OR THINK so as to UNDERSTAND OR to CAUSE OTHERS to UNDERSTAND that DIFFERENT THINGS are DIFFERENT.
  • MOCK　SPEAK OR ACT so as to CAUSE OTHERS to LAUGH at someone.
  • PRAISE　SPEAK about something GOOD and NOT COMMON in ANOTHER HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING....
  • SHOUT　SPEAK INTENSELY LOUDLY OR PRODUCE INTENSELY LOUD SOUNDS....
  • SING　SPEAK CONFORMING to a MELODY.
  • DENY　SPEAK:say that something that has been SAID is UNTRUE.
  • LIE　SAY what one KNOWS to be NOT TRUE.
  • ASSENT　SPEAK:say that one BELIEVES what ANOTHER in the PAST has SPEAK:said....
  • COMPLAIN　SAY that something is NOT JUST AND BAD IN-RELATION-TO SELF:oneself OR someone CLOSE to SELF:oneself.
  • DISAGREE　SPEAK:say OR BELIEVE that what someone SPEAK:says OR BELIEVES is NOT TRUE.
  • CLASSIFY　SAY OR THINK that something to be of a certain CATEGORY.
  • STUTTER　SPEAK so as to OFTEN, NOT VOLUNTARILY, STOP SPEAKING.
  • CURSE　SPEAK so as to TRY to CAUSE DIVINE DISASTER FOR someone.
  • REPEAT　HAPPEN AS OR what has HAPPENED BEFORE,OR SAY OR ACT:do what one has SAID OR ACT:done,.
  • SENTENCE　SPEAK>SPEECH COMMUNICATING a COMPLETE THOUGHT.???...
  • EXAGGERATE　SPEAK so as to SEEM to CAUSE OTHERS TO BELIEVE that THINGS are GREATER in SIZE, DEGREE of FEATURES, OR IMPORTANCE than they REALLY are.
  • QUOTE　SAY OR WRITE what someone SAID OR WROTE, AND that he SAID OR WROTE IT.
  • REFER TO　SPEAK OR ACT so as to CAUSE ONE TO HAVE:pay ATTENTION to something.
  • INTERRUPT　SPEAK so as to CAUSE someone who WISHES TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK to STOP SPEAKING.
  • IRONY　SPEAK so as to INTEND to COMMUNICATE the CONTRARY of what one's WORDS MEAN.
  • NONSENSE　CONFUSED SPEECH which LACKS MEANING.
  • QUOTATION MARKER　GRAMMAR [].
  • EMPHASISE　SPEAK:say that something one is SPEAK:saying is INTENSELY IMPORTANT.
  • SPEECH　SPEAK PUBLICLY
  • BRAG　SPEAK PROUDLY OF ONESELF.
  • AFFIRM　SPEAK:say something and SPEAK:say that WHAT one SPEAKS:says IS CERTAINLY TRUE.
  • ORAL　SPOKEN RATHER THAN WRITTEN.
  • JUBILATION　INTENSELY HAPPY SPEECH
  • PRONOUNCE　PRODUCE SPEECH SOUND.
• SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
  • ADDRESS　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT. ...
  • CRITICISE　SPEAK AND NAME SOMETHING BAD and AVOIDABLE. ...
  • DISCUSS　SPEAK SYSTEMATICALLY on something, BASING oneself on INVESTIGATION AND REFLECTION....
  • DISTINGUISH　SPEAK OR THINK so as to UNDERSTAND OR to CAUSE OTHERS to UNDERSTAND that DIFFERENT THINGS are DIFFERENT.
  • MOCK　SPEAK OR ACT so as to CAUSE OTHERS to LAUGH at someone.
  • PRAISE　SPEAK about something GOOD and NOT COMMON in ANOTHER HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING....
  • SHOUT　SPEAK INTENSELY LOUDLY OR PRODUCE INTENSELY LOUD SOUNDS....
  • SING　SPEAK CONFORMING to a MELODY.
  • DENY　SPEAK:say that something that has been SAID is UNTRUE.
  • LIE　SAY what one KNOWS to be NOT TRUE.
  • ASSENT　SPEAK:say that one BELIEVES what ANOTHER in the PAST has SPEAK:said....
  • COMPLAIN　SAY that something is NOT JUST AND BAD IN-RELATION-TO SELF:oneself OR someone CLOSE to SELF:oneself.
  • DISAGREE　SPEAK:say OR BELIEVE that what someone SPEAK:says OR BELIEVES is NOT TRUE.
  • CLASSIFY　SAY OR THINK that something to be of a certain CATEGORY.
  • STUTTER　SPEAK so as to OFTEN, NOT VOLUNTARILY, STOP SPEAKING.
  • CURSE　SPEAK so as to TRY to CAUSE DIVINE DISASTER FOR someone.
  • REPEAT　HAPPEN AS OR what has HAPPENED BEFORE,OR SAY OR ACT:do what one has SAID OR ACT:done,.
  • SENTENCE　SPEAK>SPEECH COMMUNICATING a COMPLETE THOUGHT.???...
  • EXAGGERATE　SPEAK so as to SEEM to CAUSE OTHERS TO BELIEVE that THINGS are GREATER in SIZE, DEGREE of FEATURES, OR IMPORTANCE than they REALLY are.
  • QUOTE　SAY OR WRITE what someone SAID OR WROTE, AND that he SAID OR WROTE IT.
  • REFER TO　SPEAK OR ACT so as to CAUSE ONE TO HAVE:pay ATTENTION to something.
  • INTERRUPT　SPEAK so as to CAUSE someone who WISHES TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK to STOP SPEAKING.
  • IRONY　SPEAK so as to INTEND to COMMUNICATE the CONTRARY of what one's WORDS MEAN.
  • NONSENSE　CONFUSED SPEECH which LACKS MEANING.
  • QUOTATION MARKER　GRAMMAR [].
  • EMPHASISE　SPEAK:say that something one is SPEAK:saying is INTENSELY IMPORTANT.
  • SPEECH　SPEAK PUBLICLY
  • BRAG　SPEAK PROUDLY OF ONESELF.
  • AFFIRM　SPEAK:say something and SPEAK:say that WHAT one SPEAKS:says IS CERTAINLY TRUE.
  • ORAL　SPOKEN RATHER THAN WRITTEN.
  • JUBILATION　INTENSELY HAPPY SPEECH
  • PRONOUNCE　PRODUCE SPEECH SOUND.

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