Meaning

3 senses
  1. To speak or utter again.

  2. To repeat the words of a televised person so that they can be electronically recognised and used to generate subtitles.

  3. (obsolete, poetic)To answer; to echo.

Origin

From re- + speak.

From re- + speak.

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Forms

respeaks, respeaking, respoke, respoken
Base formrespeak · to respeak
3rd person singularrespeaks
Present participlerespeaking
Past simplerespoke
Past participlerespoken

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrespeak
he, she, itrespeaks

Past simpleLesson

all personsrespoke

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave respoken
he, she, ithas respoken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill respeak

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrespeaker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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