Word Finder - speakers

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One who speaks.

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Loudspeaker.

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Speakerphone.

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The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

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One who makes a speech to an audience.

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The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.

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A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.

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The producer of a given utterance (text, etc), whether actually spoken or e.g. written.

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A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

It is divided into two main dialects which are so different that speakers of the one are almost unintelligible to speakers of the other.

In 1901 the total number of speakers of Mahratti in all India exceeded 18 millions.

By Max Muller especially it was employed as a convenient short term for the whole body of languages more commonly known as IndoEuropean or Indo-Germanic. In the same way Max Muller used Aryas as a general term for the speakers of such languages, as in his book published in 1888, Biographies of Words and the Home of the Aryas.

He is one of the speakers in the Phaedo of Plato, in which he is represented as an earnest seeker after virtue and truth, keen in argument and cautious in decision.

Celts, Germans, speakers of Sanskrit and Zend, Ldtins and Greeks, all prove by their languages that their tongues may be traced to one family of speech.

The discussion, which lasted for three days, Augustine and Aurelius of Carthage being the chief speakers on the one side, and Primian and Petilian on the other, turned exclusively upon the two questions that had given rise to the schism - first, the question of fact, whether Felix of Aptunga who consecrated Caecilian had been a traditor; and secondly, the question of doctrine, whether a church by tolerance of unworthy members within its pale lost the essential attributes of purity and catholicity.

In 1901 the total number of Pathans in all India was nearly 31 millions, but the speakers of Pushtu numbered less than 14 millions.

The Exiles are mentioned by way of contrast to the speakers; ii.

The speakers Jesse peter wood the for the bag to the next.

He heard Mansr issue orders to others to rally on the moon and Jetr's voice come over the speakers.

It was rather parliamentary oratory in which he excelled, and his true compeers are rather Burke and Fox than any French speakers.

The Roman oratory of the law courts had to deal not with petty questions of disputed property, of fraud, or violence, but with great imperial questions, with matters affecting the well-being of large provinces and the honour and safety of the republic; and no man ever lived who, in these respects, was better fitted than Cicero to be the representative of the type of oratory demanded by the condition of the later republic. To his great artistic accomplishment, perfected by practice and elaborate study, to the power of his patriotic, his moral, and personal sympathies, and his passionate emotional nature, must be added his vivid imagination and the rich and copious stream of his language, in which he had no rival among Roman writers or speakers.

During this period, from 1886-1892, moreover, he developed gifts of oratory which made him one of the most effective of public speakers.

The first consisted of two books, in which Catulus and Lucullus were the chief speakers.

He then rewrote his treatise in four books, making himself, Varro and Atticus the speakers.

Speakers of English were asked to judge theambiguity of the grammar.

The conference speaker list was augmented by a series of guest speakers from the commercial world.

The speakers were confident communicators.

They were our indigenous peoples, our first peoples, our first speakers and our first hearers.

It really demonstrates the true potential of an iPod using peripheral speakers.

Even the most fluent speakers and writers would probably confess to an occasional uncertainty as to the most appropriate preposition.

The same problems were reiterated by numerous speakers throughout the two-day event.

They are memorable occasions with first-rate speakers, properly run but not solemn.

In this spirit, we invited the Iranian ambassador to be one of a number of guest speakers at our 2005 conference.

If you have a pair of two way speakers you would require four mono amps or two stereo power amps.

Now they're back with another dancefloor anthem in the making entitled ' Blast The Speakers ' .

The speakers waxed lyrically about the fresh water aquatic conservation center, which they hope to bring to a disused clay pit near Bedford.

We (as western speakers of Indo-European languages) take as axiomatic that there is one self that is each of us.

Sitting typing away at emails in a lonely hotel room, it's even bearable to listen to music from the built-in speakers.

The seminar will include speakers from companies willing to share their experiences of using biosensors.

Opponents to secular speakers sometimes tried to trick them into saying something that would be regarded as blasphemous.

New Welsh Braille code A new braille code has been developed to allow Welsh speakers to read and write braille in their native tongue.

Gaelic traditions were belittled and Gaelic speakers held up as illiterate bumpkins.

Every thing was at the front, not many lights, lots of speakers covered in army camo ' netting.

The speakers include classicists, theater practitioners, theater specialists and historians, dance professionals, dance critics and dance historians.

Thus Protestant learners often become the unwitting confidantes of Catholic Irish speakers who bitterly resent the republican image of the Irish language.

So we have the confluence of malware, auto-reply agents, and non-native speakers of human languages.

Various speakers gave out a vast amount of information in a very digestible manner.

There should be a maximum of 4-5 speakers per symposia (including discussant ).

Speakers will usually address the seminar for no more than 15 minutes each to facilitate group discussion.

According to Quine, speakers ' behavioral dispositions constrain what can be plausibly said about how to best regiment their language.

Research Environment The weekly meetings of the UEA Philosophical Society attract distinguished visiting speakers, as well as UEA faculty and graduate students.

Chosen by informed elected people for their ability to rise above the political dogfight, Speakers have successfully fulfilled a non-political role for centuries.

As a native speaker, I highly recommend this book although I should mention some drawback for non-native speakers.

In the second panel, Companies and Colonies, speakers looked at the relation between Scots and the Dutch colonial empire.

World class speakers included Jeffrey Zeldman (keynote speaker ), accessibility guru Joe Clark and designer extraordinaire Douglas Bowman.

The dual microphones are on the front fascia, along with the stereo speakers.

The beginning of the workshop was somewhat fraught - two speakers were stuck in a tunnel on the tube from Watford!

The engineering on this album is excellent and if you have a hi-fi with large speakers you are in for a treat.

Sound quality is ensured with integrated full range hi-fi speakers and a bass reflex port for enhanced bass performance.