talk up

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tawk uhp]
- /tɔk ʌp/
- /tɔːk ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tawk uhp]
- /tɔk ʌp/

Definitions of talk up words

verb without object talk up to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 1
verb without object talk up to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 1
verb without object talk up to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip. 1
verb without object talk up to chatter or prate. 1
verb without object talk up to employ speech; perform the act of speaking: to talk very softly; to talk into a microphone. 1
verb without object talk up 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 up

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

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Parts of speech for Talk up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Talk up

talk up 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 up usage trend in Literature

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