Synonym: express, say, talk, tell. Similar words: speak up, speak for, speaker, so to speak, to speak of, peak, appear, peanut. Meaning: [spɪːk] 
v. 1. express in speech 2. exchange thoughts; talk with 3. use language 4. give a speech to 5. make a characteristic or natural sound.
v. 1. express in speech 2. exchange thoughts; talk with 3. use language 4. give a speech to 5. make a characteristic or natural sound. 
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181. He learned to speak English within six months!
182. I am honoured to be asked to speak.
183. I was too choked with emotion to speak.
184. How dare you speak to me like that?
185. I adjure you to speak the truth.
186. She fumbled with her notes and began to speak.
187. She was too pent-up to speak.
188. How many foreign languages does she speak?
189. She managed to speak without betraying her nervousness.
190. I don't speak a word of French .
191. She was so angry she couldn't speak.
192. The real difficulty was the language,[sentence dictionary] because my children don't speak English.
193. She said she'd never speak to me again. As if I cared .
194. The various opposition parties speak with one voice on this issue.
195. They got one over us in the end by deciding to speak in German.
196. Their success was due in large part to their ability to speak Spanish.
197. I felt rather out of it in France because I can't speak French.
198. I need to speak to you about a rather delicate matter.
199. For when he had carried the consulship for a friend of his, against the pursuit of Sylla, and that Sylla did a little resent thereat, and began to speak great, Pompey turned upon him again, and in effect bade him be quiet.
200. I told him to speak on any subject he wanted.
201. Whoever wants to speak to me on the phone, tell them I'm busy.
202. She could speak some Chinese, but never studied the written language.
203. Not only did I speak to her, I even got her autograph!
204. Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.
205. He did his best to talk me round, but I wouldn't speak to him.
206. When he first arrived in this country, he couldn't speak any English.
207. People speak of Mark Twain as a signal humourous writer.
208. They walk very slow. In the comparative both slower and more slowly are used:Can you speak slower/more slowly?
209. Every time the minister got up to speak he was barracked mercilessly.
210. If no one has the courage to speak out against the system, things will never improve.
More similar words: speak up, speak for, speaker, so to speak, to speak of, peak, appear, peanut, appeal, break, sneak, steak, at peace, peasant, streak, weaken, European, appeal to, break off, break up, break out, break in, disappear, break away, break down, repeatedly, break into, make peace with, break through, spell.