speaking
speak + -ing
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noun
the action of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language.
話すこと
the activity of delivering speeches or lectures:
講演, 講義; 話術, 話し方
e.g. public speaking.
adjective attributive
used for or engaged in speech:
(ある様態で)話をする
e.g. you have a clear speaking voice.
in combination able to communicate in a specified language:
(ある言語を)話す〈人･地域など〉
e.g. an English-speaking guide.
conveying meaning as though in words:
e.g. she gave him a speaking look.
(of a portrait) so like the subject as to seem to be alive and capable of speech:
何か言いたげな〈顔つき〉; 物を言うような〈肖像画〉, 生きているような.
e.g. a speaking likeness.
PHRASES
on speaking terms
1. slightly acquainted.
2. sufficiently friendly to talk to each other:
e.g. she parted from her mother barely on speaking terms.
—— speaking
used to indicate the degree of accuracy intended in a statement or the point of view from which it is made:
e.g. broadly speaking, there are three major models for local-central relations.
speaking of
used to introduce a statement or question about a topic recently alluded to:
e.g. speaking of cost, can I afford to buy it?