Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To speak out or aloud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive, rare
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verb
To declare; utter; express; vocalise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, rare, transitive
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History
From out- + speak. Cognate with Scots outspeak (“to declare, utter, speak out”), Dutch uitspreken (“to pronounce, outspeak”), German aussprechen (“to express, pronounce”).
