speaker
part of speech
noun (a speaker, speakers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who speaks, especially one giving a talk to an audience. tree →
2) A device that makes sound louder, connected to a radio, computer or phone. tree →
3) A person who speaks a language: "a French speaker". tree →
4) In some parliaments, the Speaker is the person in charge of debates. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a person who speaks, here someone who speaks lies from birth. Interpretation: The Psalm condemns liars as going wrong from the start. Tradition treats truthful speech as a very serious duty. In the primary lessons: In school, a guest speaker might visit assembly; in English lessons pupils practise being good speakers and listeners. In science, speakers turn electrical signals into sound by making a cone vibrate. Phrases: guest speaker, native speaker, loudspeaker, Bluetooth speaker.
examples
- The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born. (Writings PSA.58.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- A guest speaker talked to us about road safety. tree →
- Turn the speaker down; it is too loud. tree →
- She is a speaker of three languages. tree →
- The speaker on my tablet is broken. tree →
- Be a good listener when the speaker is talking. tree →
- Is English your first language, or are you a Spanish speaker? tree →
- The Speaker called for order in parliament. tree →
- The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded. tree →
note
Countable: a speaker, speakers. From the verb "speak". "Loudspeaker" is the longer word for the device. Safety: listening to very loud speakers or headphones for a long time can damage your hearing.
In the corpora
- The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
- The last thing a speaker says after «no wait» or «sorry, I mean» is the one that counts.
- Pointing the microphone away from the speakers or turning it down stops feedback.
- The speaker is the voice in the poem.
- The speaker is the voice that talks in a poem.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «speaker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.