Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.

    I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful.

    Sprechen

    говоре́ниеgovorénije, разгово́рrazgovór

    говорі́нняhovorínnja, мо́вленняmóvlennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of communicating vocally.

    разгово́рrazgovór

    розмо́ваrozmóva

  3. (countable, uncountable)A speaking exercise or exam.

  4. (countable, uncountable)An oral recitation of e.g. a story.

    речьrečʹ, выступле́ниеvystuplénije

More definitions
  • the utterance of intelligible speech
  • delivering an address to a public audience

Examples

2128 sentences
  1. He's used to speaking in public.

    Він звик говорити публічно. — deniko

    ruОн привык говорить публично. — andy

  2. She is good at speaking English.

    Вона добре говорить англійською. — deniko

    ruОна хорошо говорит по-английски. — Hellerick

    deSie spricht gut Englisch. — Wolf

  3. Tom doesn't like speaking in public.

    Том не любить публічні промови. — deniko

    ruТом не любит публичные выступления. — odexed

    deTom spricht nicht gerne in der Öffentlichkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I heard Tom speaking to Mary.

    Я чув, як Том говорив з Мері. — deniko

    ruЯ слышал, как Том разговаривал с Мэри. — marafon

  5. I grew up speaking two languages.

    Я виріс, розмовляючи двома мовами. — deniko

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
ability to communicate vocally:
the act of communicating vocally:
Русский
By meaning 2
ability to communicate vocally:
an oral recitation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ability to communicate vocally:

Origin

From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing.

From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing.

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Forms

plural: speakings
Singularspeaking
Pluralspeakings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • speaking speaking
  • at speaking speaking
  • was speaking speaking
  • speaking speaking in
  • generally speaking speaking
  • speaking speaking to
  • speaking in public
  • frankly speaking speaking
  • speaking speaking country
  • like speaking speaking
  • practice speaking speaking
  • started speaking speaking

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
speaking — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto