speak – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to speak up
Participle: spoken up
Gerund: speaking up

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of speak

Indicative

Present

I	speak up
you	speak up
he;she;it	speaks up
we	speak up
you	speak up
they	speak up

Perfect

I	have spoken up; spoke up
you	have spoken up; spoke up
he;she;it	has spoken up; spoke up
we	have spoken up; spoke up
you	have spoken up; spoke up
they	have spoken up; spoke up

Past

I	spoke up
you	spoke up
he;she;it	spoke up
we	spoke up
you	spoke up
they	spoke up

Pluperfect

I	had spoken up; spoke up
you	had spoken up; spoke up
he;she;it	had spoken up; spoke up
we	had spoken up; spoke up
you	had spoken up; spoke up
they	had spoken up; spoke up

Future

I	will speak up
you	will speak up
he;she;it	will speak up
we	will speak up
you	will speak up
they	will speak up

Future Perfect

I	will have spoken up; spoke up
you	will have spoken up; spoke up
he;she;it	will have spoken up; spoke up
we	will have spoken up; spoke up
you	will have spoken up; spoke up
they	will have spoken up; spoke up

Subjunctive

Present

I	speak up
you	speak up
he;she;it	speak up
we	speak up
you	speak up
they	speak up

Perfect

I	have spoken up; spoke up
you	have spoken up; spoke up
he;she;it	have spoken up; spoke up
we	have spoken up; spoke up
you	have spoken up; spoke up
they	have spoken up; spoke up

Imperfect

I	spoke up
you	spoke up
he;she;it	spoke up
we	spoke up
you	spoke up
they	spoke up

Pluperfect

I	had spoken up; spoke up
you	had spoken up; spoke up
he;she;it	had spoken up; spoke up
we	had spoken up; spoke up
you	had spoken up; spoke up
they	had spoken up; spoke up

Conditional

Present

I	would speak up
you	would speak up
he;she;it	would speak up
we	would speak up
you	would speak up
they	would speak up

Perfect

I	would have spoken up; spoke up
you	would have spoken up; spoke up
he;she;it	would have spoken up; spoke up
we	would have spoken up; spoke up
you	would have spoken up; spoke up
they	would have spoken up; spoke up

Imperative

you	speak up
we	Let's speak up
you	speak up

Indicative

Present

I	am speaking up
you	are speaking up
he;she;it	is speaking up
we	are speaking up
you	are speaking up
they	are speaking up

Perfect

I	have been speaking up
you	have been speaking up
he;she;it	has been speaking up
we	have been speaking up
you	have been speaking up
they	have been speaking up

Past

I	was speaking up
you	were speaking up
he;she;it	was speaking up
we	were speaking up
you	were speaking up
they	were speaking up

Pluperfect

I	had been speaking up
you	had been speaking up
he;she;it	had been speaking up
we	had been speaking up
you	had been speaking up
they	had been speaking up

Future

I	will be speaking up
you	will be speaking up
he;she;it	will be speaking up
we	will be speaking up
you	will be speaking up
they	will be speaking up

Future Perfect

I	will have been speaking up
you	will have been speaking up
he;she;it	will have been speaking up
we	will have been speaking up
you	will have been speaking up
they	will have been speaking up

Conditional

Present

I	would be speaking up
you	would be speaking up
he;she;it	would be speaking up
we	would be speaking up
you	would be speaking up
they	would be speaking up

Perfect

I	would have been speaking up
you	would have been speaking up
he;she;it	would have been speaking up
we	would have been speaking up
you	would have been speaking up
they	would have been speaking up

Verbs conjugated like 'speak'

bespeak, break, speak, steal,

Verbs similar to 'speak'

peak, spean, spear, speck, spelk, steak, beak, bespeak, break, creak,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to communicate to someone else by means of speech: articulate, babble, blab, chat, chatter, converse, discuss, jabber, quethe, say, talk, verbalize, yammer
To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.: yak
To talk, especially excessively.: yap
talk: communicate, verbalize, articulate, say, utter, voice, converse, pronounce
lecture: address, recite, deliver, declaim

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ out, ~ up,

Etymology

1. O.E. specan, variant of sprecan "to speak" (class V strong verb; past tense spræc, pp. sprecen), from P.Gmc. *sprekanan (cf. O.S. sprecan, O.Fris. spreka, M.Du. spreken, O.H.G. sprehhan, Ger. sprechen "to speak," O.N. spraki "rumor, report"), cognate with L. spargere "to strew" (speech as a "scattering" of words; see sparse). The -r- began to drop out in Late West Saxon and was gone by mid-12c., perhaps from infl. of Dan. spage "crackle," in a slang sense of "speak" (cf. crack in slang senses having to do with speech, e.g. wisecrack, cracker, all it's cracked up to be). Rare variant forms without -r- also are found in M.Du. (speken) and O.H.G. (spehhan). Not the primary word for "to speak" in O.E. ("Beowulf" prefers maþelian, from mæþel "assembly, council," from root of metan "to meet;" cf. Gk. agoreuo "to speak," originally "speak in the assembly," from agora "assembly").
2. From Middle English speke, speken (“to speak”), from Old English specan (“to speak”). This is usually taken to be an irregular alteration of earlier sprecan, spreocan (“to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”). Finding this proposed loss of r from the stable cluster spr unparalleled, Hill instead sets up a different root, Proto-West Germanic *spekan (“to negotiate”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʾ-e- (“to distribute”) with *s-mobile, which collapsed in meaning with *sprekan ("to speak" < "to crackle, prattle") and so came to be seen as a free variant thereof.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots speak, speik (“to speak”), Saterland Frisian spreke (“to speak”), West Frisian sprekke (“to speak”), Central Franconian sjprèche (“to speak”), Dutch and Low German spreken (“to speak”), German sprechen (“to speak”), Luxembourgish spriechen (“to speak”), and also with Albanian shpreh (“to express, manifest, show”) through Indo-European. See: Old English 'specan', Proto-Germanic '*sprekaną', Scots 'speak', Frisian, Saterlandic 'spreke', German, old spelling 'sprechen', Luxembourgish 'spriechen'.

Verbs referencing "speak"

German, old spelling sprechen, Low Saxon spreken, Sranan piki, Faroese spikka, Luxembourgish spriechen, Finnish with old forms spiikata, Indonesian sepik.

Sample Sentences

For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow his way upward in the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] which is still before me, looking at the same time round the walls, ‘Ha ! the breakfast-room, steward—eh ? ’ We all foresaw what the answer must be: we knew the agony he suffered. He had often spoken of the saloon; had taken in and lived upon the pictorial idea; had usually given us to understand, at home, that to form a just conception of it, it would be necessary to multiply the size [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] very depths of dulness and low spirits. A speck in the mist, at last! That’s something. It is the boat we wait for ! That’s more to the purpose. The captain appears on the paddle-box with his speaking trumpet; the officers take their stations; all hands are on the alert; the flagging hopes of the passengers revive; the cooks pause in their savoury work, and look out with faces full of interest. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ I tell you, Haley, this must not be spoken of; I say no, and I mean no, ” said Shelby, decidedly. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] She looked nervously out on the verandah, where the boy, tired of the grave conversation, had retired, and where he was riding triumphantly up and down on Mr. Shelby's walking-stick. She would have spoken to tell her husband her fears, but checked herself. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ Tom Lincon says, ” said George, speaking with his mouth full, “ that their Jinny is a better cook than you. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] during twelve months more, and brings her little history down to the end of last year. It is very remarkable, that as we dream in words, and carry on imaginary conversations, in which we speak both for ourselves and for the shadows who appear to us in those visions of the night, so she, having no words, uses her finger alphabet in her sleep. And it has been ascertained that when her [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ Hush, Harry, ” she said; “ mustn't speak loud, or they will hear us. A wicked man was coming to take little Harry away from his mother, and carry him ’ way off in the dark; but mother won't let him—she's going to put on her little boy's [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] child, as, perfectly quiet with vague terror, he clung round her neck. ~~~ Old Bruno, a great Newfoundland, who slept at the end of the porch, rose, with a low growl, as she came near. She gently spoke his name, and the animal, an old pet and playmate of hers, instantly, wagging his tail, prepared to follow her, though apparently revolving much, in this simple dog's head, what such an indiscreet [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] with this mild appeal. All within-doors is very plain and simple, as it ought to be, but arranged with a view to peace and comfort. It costs no more than any other plan of arrangement, but it speaks an amount of consideration for those who are reduced to seek a shelter there, which puts them at once upon their gratitude and good behaviour. Instead of being parcelled out in great, long, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
So I checked your phone. And there he was. Cordell. I spoke in your voice, told him the baby was his. (A Neglected Wife)
[ exhales sharply ] [ sighs heavily ] [ speaking indistinctly ] (Tacoma)
I 've spoken with Kees. If it's a serious heart attack, (iHostage)
These sockets saw. And these jaws spoke and swallowed. (28 Years Later)
I guess I 'm just speaking for myself here. (Miss You, Love You)

speak – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of speak

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'speak'

Verbs similar to 'speak'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "speak"

Sample Sentences