Speaker

/ˈspikɚ/ · noun

Meaning

One who speaks..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who speaks.
2. Loudspeaker.
3. Speakerphone.
4. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
5. One who makes a speech to an audience.
6. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
7. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
8. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

Example Sentences

There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.

This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...

As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage.

Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.

She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.

you're on speaker

I'm gonna put you on speaker now

Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer

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