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speak

v.

To utter
vocalize, pronounce, express; see utter.
To communicate
talk, converse, discourse, articulate, chat; see also talk 1.
To deliver a speech
lecture, declaim, deliver; see address 2.

speak and talk are generally synonymous, but speak often connotes formal address to an auditor or audience who will speak at the dinner? and talk often suggests informal colloquial conversation we were talking at dinner; converse suggests a talking together by two or more people so as to exchange ideas and information the leaders of both countries met to converse for several hours; discourse suggests a somewhat formal, detailed, extensive talking to another or others she was discoursing to us on Keats

so to speak

that is to say, as it were; in a manner of speaking, as the saying goes*; see accordingly.

to speak of

somewhat, a little, not much, worthy of mention; see some.

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Another word for speak

verb

To engage in spoken exchange:
chat, confabulate, converse¹, discourse, talk. (Informal) confab, visit. See words
To direct speech to:
address, talk. See words
To express oneself in speech:
talk, verbalize, vocalize. Idioms: open one's mouth (or lips), put in (or into) words, wag one's tongue. See words
To talk to an audience formally:
address, lecture, prelect. (Archaic) bespeak. See words