American English pronunciation
How to pronounce speaker
IPA transcription: [s'pikɚ]
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Noun
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someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
“the speaker at commencement”
“an utterer of useful maxims”
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electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
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the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
“the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives”
Usage examples
- On the other hand, some languages may survive even with few speakers.
- The speakers of the different dialects can communicate well with each other.
- The choice depends on the design of the loudspeaker enclosure in which it will be placed.
- The speaker was a baby!
- Pennsylvania has never had a female speaker.
- The Speaker may be dismissed by a two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives.
- He later apologized on Speaker's Corner.
- The Speaker of this parliament was Allan Napier MacNab.
- Despite his departure from the governing party, he retained the office of Speaker.
- Fleming became an institution as a speaker on the Yarra Bank on Sundays.