speak to

verb

1. to address (a person)

2. to reprimand

   your father will speak to you later

3. formal,  to give evidence of or comments on (a subject)

   who will speak to this item?

Example Sentences

The court heard from June 2022, Ms Wandelt had begun to speak to "anyone who would care to listen" that she was Madeleine.

From BBC

"If you get on the phone with him, or you speak to him, they could last hours just over the smallest detail," says Williams.

From BBC

That is why I wanted to make this film for Panorama, so I could meet other families who were going through the same thing, and speak to teachers, councils and the government about how Send children are educated in England.

From BBC

It is also worth noting that almost all the women we did speak to in Mazan last week did not share the mayor's desire to see the Pelicot case as, primarily, something to "move beyond".

From BBC

They speak to her about having to protect younger siblings if a parent is taken, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• acknowledge 
• address 
• approach 
• attend 
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• hail 
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