• v.
    ⦿express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
    lexical concept
  • John spoke up at the meeting

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:animadvert
  2. enl:opine
  3. enl:sound off
  4. enl:speak out
  5. enl:speak up
wn:interlingual indexili:i26713

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • animadvertopinesound offspeak outspeak up
  • speak out