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1. Uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
   "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"

1. Express in speech
   "She speaks a lot of nonsense";
   - talk, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise [Brit]
    
2. Exchange thoughts; convey ideas
   "We often speak business";
   - talk
    
3. Use language
   "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect";
   - talk
    
4. Give a speech to
   - address
    
5. Make a characteristic or natural sound
   "The drums spoke"

See also: articulate, expressed, oral, unwritten, uttered, verbal, verbalised [Brit], verbalized, viva-voce, voiced, word-of-mouth

Type of: communicate, intercommunicate, sound

Antonym: written

Encyclopedia: Spoken