Definitions for speaking
ˈspi kɪŋspeak·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. speaking, speech productionnoun

   the utterance of intelligible speech

2. public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentationadjective

   delivering an address to a public audience

   "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"

3. speaking(a)adjective

   capable of or involving speech or speaking

   "human beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. speakingnoun

   One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.

2. speakingnoun

   The act of communicating vocally.

3. speakingnoun

   An oral recitation of e.g. a story.

4. speakingadjective

   Used in speaking.

   one's normal speaking voice

5. speakingadjective

   Expressive; eloquent.

   The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.

6. speakingadjective

   Involving speaking.

   It was her first speaking part: she screamed.

7. speakingadjective

   Having the ability of speech.

   speaking parrot; speaking clock

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Speaking

   of Speak

2. Speakingadjective

   uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube

3. Speakingadjective

   seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. speaking

   The ability, act and process of to speak.

   He was speaking with such love and unity, a real joy is her future husband.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 6, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'speaking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2091

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'speaking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1092

How to pronounce speaking?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say speaking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of speaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of speaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of speaking in a Sentence

1. Jackson Lee:

   I could overhear her speaking with a flight attendant (an African American woman), i saw the gate agent go to the seat of the individual who was walking back and forth before we took off.

2. Corey Lewandowski:

   I had to repeat on multiple occasions that there was no collusion, cooperation or coordination because the Democrats couldn't understand my plain English way of speaking.

3. Principal Jeremy Roche:

   When Verda Tetteh started speaking on the microphone, I was overwhelmed. I think a lot of people in the stadium were, honestly, i was so moved by her generosity.

4. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   He saw a beautiful stranger speaking to him in her strange language. He asked her. “Who are you?” She smiled at him, and said. “I am Love. I am also known with various other names like Amor, Ishq, Liebe, Mohobbat, Preeti, Prema, Pyaar, and Tresna.”

5. Paul Nolte:

   You have kind of a mixed bag of earnings numbers ... the economic data generally speaking was pretty good and that's leading to a little bit of mild buying in the market.

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