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To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

(reciprocal) To have a conversation.

(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.

To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.

(stative) To be able to communicate in a language.

(by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.

To utter.

To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.

(humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).

To produce a sound; to sound.

Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.

(archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.

language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.

Speech, conversation. {{rfex|en}}

(informal) (speaker point)

(dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.