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 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
- 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 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.
- Some fronted adverbials show the speaker's opinion, like Frankly, Luckily and Sadly.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «speaker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.