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talk

talk
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tawk]
    • /tɔk/
    • /tɔːk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tawk]
    • /tɔk/

Definitions of talk word

  • verb without object talk to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 1
  • verb without object talk to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 1
  • verb without object talk to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip. 1
  • verb without object talk to chatter or prate. 1
  • verb without object talk to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone. 1
  • verb without object talk to deliver a speech, lecture, etc.: The professor talked on the uses of comedy in the tragedies of Shakespeare. 1

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Origin of talk

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English talk(i)en to converse, speak, derivative (with -k suffix) of tale speech, discourse, tale; cognate with Frisian (E dial.) talken

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Talk

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

talk popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

talk usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for talk

verb talk

  • address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
  • admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
  • articulate — If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
  • bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
  • belt out — If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.

noun talk

  • allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
  • behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
  • blether — blather
  • bon mot — A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
  • bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.

Antonyms for talk

verb talk

  • auscultate — to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
  • auscultated — Simple past tense and past participle of auscultate.
  • choke off — To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
  • clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
  • clammed — any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.

noun talk

  • dead air — the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
  • inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • iron curtain — (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
  • laconism — laconic brevity.
  • muteness — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.

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