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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
Speech that has a rising intonation at the end of a sentence, as if it were a question; upspeak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To speak with a rising intonation at the end of a sentence, as if it were a question; to upspeak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From up- + talk.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
