What does speak for mean?

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speak for

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. speak forverb

    be a spokesperson for

    "He represents the Government's position"

Wiktionary

  1. speak forverb

    To speak on somebody's behalf.

  2. speak forverb

    To claim, reserve, or occupy.

  3. speak forverb

    To represent an intrinsic quality

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  1. speak for

    To speak for someone means to express the views or opinions of that person when they aren't present or aren't able to do it themselves. It can also mean to represent or stand for a group's thoughts, ideas, or interests.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of speak for in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of speak for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of speak for in a Sentence

  1. Qwatsinas:

    We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.

  2. Andrei Doroshin:

    Here's what we should do as a city to beat this terrible disease. First, put Dr. Johnson in charge of this effort, she is smart, more than capable, passionate and fearless. She and her team have been wonderful and we together we got this off the ground. Has it been perfect ? Hell no, but we have no time for that. We are at war and have to learn on the fly. But our results speak for themselves - we vaccinated 6,800 people in 5 days.

  3. Texas Senator Ted Cruz:

    Listen, I will let Donald speak for himself. I can say I have no intention of shooting anybody in this campaign.

  4. Ahmaud Arbery:

    From the bottom of my heart, I speak for my family and Ahmaud Arbery, I want to say thank you, thank you for your kindness, your love, your support. 'Cause without you guys standing behind us, that story would have never got heard.

  5. Mitch McConnell:

    I think I can speak for our conference by saying were not ruling that out, but we think we ought to take a pause here, do a good job of evaluating what weve already done.

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