speaker

speaker
noun
1 person who makes a speech
ADJECTIVE
brilliant (esp. BrE), good, great
featured (esp. AmE), keynote, main, principal
guest, invited, visiting
public

She's a good public speaker.

commencement (AmE)

the commencement speaker at my graduation

after-dinner (BrE)
conference
motivational (esp. AmE)

He makes his living as a motivational speaker.

VERB + SPEAKER
feature

Each month's service features a different speaker.

invite
PREPOSITION
speaker at

a keynote speaker at the Republican convention

2 person who speaks a particular language
ADJECTIVE
fluent

He's a fluent Arabic speaker.

native, non-native

a native speaker of English

Japanese, Russian, etc.
non-English
PREPOSITION
speaker of

speakers of English

3 part of a radio, etc. that sounds comes out of
ADJECTIVE
left, right
front, rear

sound effects coming from the rear speakers

stereo

The computer has built-in stereo speakers.

… OF SPEAKER
set

a new set of speakers

SPEAKER + NOUN
system
phone (usually speakerphone)

He put me on the speakerphone.


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  • speaker — [ spikɶr ] n. m. • 1649; mot angl., proprt « celui qui parle » 1 ♦ Président de la Chambre des communes, en Angleterre. 2 ♦ (1926; « annonceur de résultats sportifs » 1904) Anglic. Vieilli ⇒ annonceur, présentateur. « Sabotage de la prononciation …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Speaker — may refer to:* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly ** Speaker of the British House of Commons ** Speaker of the United States House of Representatives * Speaker (song), single by David Banner on his album The… …   Wikipedia

  • Speaker — speak·er n often cap: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly Speaker of the House of Representatives Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. speaker …   Law dictionary

  • Speaker — Speak er, n. 1. One who speaks. Specifically: (a) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. (b) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • speaker — 1. Voz inglesa con la que se designa al presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes británica o al de la Cámara de Representantes estadounidense. Es lícito su empleo, como extranjerismo crudo escrito, por tanto, con resalte tipográfico , en referencia …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • speaker — [n] talker after dinner speaker, announcer, elocutionist, keynoter, lecturer, mouthpiece, orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechmaker, spokesperson; concept 348 …   New thesaurus

  • speaker — or Speaker of the House [spē′kər] n. 1. a person who speaks; esp., a) a person who makes a speech or speeches in public b) the officer presiding over any of various lawmaking bodies ☆ c) [S ] the presiding officer of the U.S. House of… …   English World dictionary

  • speaker — ► NOUN 1) a person who speaks. 2) a person who speaks a specified language. 3) a person who makes a speech at a formal occasion. 4) (Speaker) the presiding officer in a legislative assembly, especially the House of Commons. 5) a loudspeaker …   English terms dictionary

  • Speaker — (engl., spr. Spihler), 1) Sprecher, Redner; 2) der Sprecher (Präsident) des englischen Parlaments; das Parlamentsglied, welches beauftragt ist die Verhandlungen zu leiten u. vorkommenden Falls für das ganze Haus das Wort zu führen. Im Oberhause… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Speaker — (engl., spr. ßpīker), »Sprecher«, Vorsitzender des Unterhauses im englischen Parlament sowie des Repräsentantenhauses der Vereinigten Staaten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Speaker — (engl., spr. spihker), Sprecher, der Vorsitzende des Unterhauses im engl. Parlament …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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