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# speaker

«speaker» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who speaks, especially one giving a talk to an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#m1)

2) A device that makes sound louder, connected to a radio, computer or phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#m2)

3) A person who speaks a language: "a French speaker". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#m3)

4) In some parliaments, the Speaker is the person in charge of debates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x1)
- Turn the speaker down; it is too loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x2)
- She is a speaker of three languages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x3)
- The speaker on my tablet is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x4)
- Be a good listener when the speaker is talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x5)
- Is English your first language, or are you a Spanish speaker? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x6)
- The Speaker called for order in parliament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x7)
- The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/22/)
- [Pointing the microphone away from the speakers or turning it down stops feedback.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/14/)
- [The speaker is the voice in the poem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/2/)
- [The speaker is the voice that talks in a poem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/18/)
- [Some fronted adverbials show the speaker's opinion, like Frankly, Luckily and Sadly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/29-fronted-adverbials/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «speaker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speaker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.