[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk :He was too ill to speak.", "to communicate vocally; mention :to speak to a person about various matters.", "to converse:She spoke with him for an hour.", "to deliver an address, discourse, etc.:to speak at a meeting.", "to make a statement in written or printed words.", "to communicate, signify, or disclose something by any means; convey significance:The voters have spoken loud and clear.", "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.", "(of a computer) to express data or other information audibly by means of an audio response unit.", "to emit a sound, as a musical instrument; make a noise or report.", "Chiefly British.(of dogs) to bark when ordered.", "Fox Hunting.(of a hound or pack) to bay on finding a scent."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to utter vocally and articulately:to speak words of praise.Synonyms: articulate , pronounce", "to express or make known with the voice:to speak the truth.Synonyms: say", "to declare in writing or printing, or by any means of communication.", "to make known, indicate, or reveal.Synonyms: disclose", "to use, or be able to use, in oral utterance, as a language:to speak French.", "(of a computer) to express or make known (data, prompts, etc.) by means of an audio response unit.", "Nautical.to communicate with (a passing vessel) at sea, as by voice or signal:We spoke a whaler on the fourth day at sea.", "Archaic.to speak to or with."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to express one's opinion openly and unreservedly:He was not afraid to speak out when it was something he believed in strongly.", "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:This item is already spoken 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:This item is already spoken for.", "to address or respond to, as in speech or action:The legislature must speak to the issue of gun violence.to be appealing or relevant to:His music speaks to me on a very deep level.to provide evidence for:Our company’s rapid growth speaks to the passion and commitment of our employees.", "to address or respond to, as in speech or action:The legislature must speak to the issue of gun violence.", "to be appealing or relevant to:His music speaks to me on a very deep level.", "to provide evidence for:Our company’s rapid growth speaks to the passion and commitment of our employees."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["a combining form extracted fromnewspeak(coined by George Orwell in his novel,1984), used in the formation of compound words, usually derogatory, derisive, or facetious, that denote the style or vocabulary of a discipline, person, era, etc., as specified by the initial element:techspeak; artspeak; nukespeak; leetspeak; geek-speak."]}]