Definitions for spoken

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spoken spo·ken

Spelling: [spoh-kuh n]

IPA: /ˈspoʊ kən/

Spoken is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in spoken (eknops).

Definitions for spoken

verb

1. a past participle of speak.

Idioms

1. so to speak, to use a manner of speaking; figuratively speaking:
2. speak by the book, to say with great authority or precision:
3. speak well for, to be an indication or reflection of (something commendable); testify admirably to:
4. to speak of, worth mentioning:

adjective

1. uttered or expressed by speaking; oral (opposed to written):
2. speaking, or using speech, as specified (usually used in combination):

Verb phrases

1. speak for, to intercede for or recommend; speak in behalf of. to express or articulate the views of; represent. to choose or prefer; have reserved for oneself:
2. speak out, to express one's opinion openly and unreservedly:

verb (used with object)

1. to utter vocally and articulately:
2. to express or make known with the voice:
3. to declare in writing or printing, or by any means of communication.
4. to make known, indicate, or reveal.
5. to use, or be able to use, in oral utterance, as a language:
6. (of a computer) to express or make known (data, prompts, etc.) by means of an audio response unit.
7. Nautical. to communicate with (a passing vessel) at sea, as by voice or signal:
8. Archaic. to speak to or with.

verb (used without object)

1. to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk:
2. to communicate vocally; mention:
3. to converse:
4. to deliver an address, discourse, etc.:
5. to make a statement in written or printed words.
6. to communicate, signify, or disclose by any means; convey significance.
7. Phonetics. to produce sounds or audible sequences of individual or concatenated sounds of a language, especially through phonation, amplification, and resonance, and through any of a variety of articulatory processes.
8. (of a computer) to express data or other information audibly by means of an audio response unit.
9. to emit a sound, as a musical instrument; make a noise or report.
10. Chiefly British. (of dogs) to bark when ordered.
11. Fox Hunting. (of a hound or pack) to bay on finding a scent.

Origin of spoken

before 900; Middle English speken, Old English specan, variant of sprecan; cognate with German sprechen (Old High German sprehhan; compare variant spehhan)

Examples for spoken

And while all he says he has spoken to still believe the interrogations saved lives, he said the report was a punch in the gut.

Bergeot is perhaps the best known female authority figure in Magic and has spoken out in the past against sexism in the community.

I would have spoken about it at first, but then I had no money, and didn't know when I should have any.

At various times, we had spoken about honors--Hitchcock had been awarded the Légion d'Honneur and wore a ribbon in his lapel.

Scalise never would have spoken to EURO had Duke been there in person.

I know that I have spoken of him as I ought not to have spoken.

Over dinner, the Knight had mentioned that Scalise had spoken before the EURO event.

He was then required to swear by all the gods, and by the dreaded Erinnys, that he had spoken truly.

And I looked and saw the chariot and horses, of which the voice had spoken.

Some of the people demanded what he had to say of the gods, since he had spoken so ably of men.