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speaker
1[ spee-ker ]
noun
- a person who speaks.
- a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
- (usually initial capital letter) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
- Also called loudspeaker. an electroacoustic device, often housed in a cabinet, that is connected as a component in an audio system, its function being to make speech or music audible.
- a book of selections for practice in declamation.
Speaker
2[ spee-ker ]
noun
- Tris(tram E.), 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.
speaker
1/ ˈ辱ːə /
noun
- a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
- See loudspeaker
Speaker
2/ ˈ辱ːə /
noun
- the presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies, including the House of Commons in Britain and Canada and the House of Representatives in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ· noun
- ԴDz·İ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- be / not be on speakers, British. speaking ( defs 9, 10 ).
Example Sentences
Alphabet — which makes phones, earbuds, smart speakers and other consumer electronics — also has cited tariffs among the manufacturing and supply chain risks that could harm its business.
One guest speaker at the Trump event said he couldn’t wait to see what will happen six months from now.
Aerosmith, the Eagles and the Rolling Stones crooned from the speakers at Vacation Bar in Santa Ana last Thursday.
Even though the speaker has extensive control over what bills come up for a vote, he couldn't stop this one.
The attempted coup began in the capital, Kinshasa, in the early hours of 19 May, when armed men first attacked parliamentary speaker Vital Kamerhe's home, before heading to the president's official residence in the capital.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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