how to pronounce speak

/spiːk/

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the above transcription of speak is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

speak is pronounced in one syllable

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iː

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video examples of speak pronunciation

An example use of speak in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… now I saw you speak this listen to this …”

meaning of speak

Speak means to say something with your voice.

speak frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word speak occurs in english on average 94.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics speak can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that speak can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;