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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.
noun
A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question; uptalk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To speak up; advocate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To speak with upspeak; uptalk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
From up- + speak.
