speak
verb (used without object)
to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk.
has spoken
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present perfectof speak (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since age 14 pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has spoken against Beijing’s assault on freedom in his home city of Hong Kong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Independent councillor Paul Gallagher has spoken to the boy's mother and said she is "distraught".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Her Swedish roots are something she has spoken about fondly, even recalling getting upset when Sweden lost to Brazil in a World Cup match as a child.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“I thought it was remarkable,” Stephen Blackwood says in an email after the secretary of state has spoken in praise of “the Western mind” and classical traits that define the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
‘Unless he has spoken words to you as his friend that we have not heard,’ said Éomer, ‘none now in the land of the living can tell his purpose.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
