speaker
pronunciation
How to pronounce speaker in British English:
UK [ˈspiːkə(r)]
How to pronounce speaker in American English:
US [ˈspiːkər]
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- Noun:
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Word Origin
- speaker (n.)
- c. 1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (v.). Similar formation in Old Frisian spreker, Old High German sprahhari, German Sprecher. First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c. 1400, from similar use in Anglo-French (late 14c.) in reference to the English Parliament; later extended to the U.S. House of Representatives, etc. The electric amplifier so called from 1926, short for loud-speaker.
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Example
- 1. A new speaker will be chosen on june 22nd .
- 2. So what happens when your after-dinner speaker is a banker ?
- 3. Lose the speaker cables without losing a single detail from the soundtrack .
- 4. Nonetheless , mr cain is a stirring speaker .
- 5. Turn to face the speaker and make eye contact .