SPEAK

(SUGGEST) [verb] [past simple] spoke, [past participle] spoken - to show or express (something) without using wordsShe was silent, but her eyes spoke her real feelings for him. [T]The whole robbery spoke of (= made it seem that there had been) inside knowledge on the part of the criminals. [I usually + adverb or preposition]She said she was pleased, but her unhappy face spoke volumes (UK for/US about her unhappiness) (= showed clearly what she really thought).Her report speaks well for her understanding of the problem (= shows she understands it very well). -speak (SPECIAL LANGUAGE) [suffix] [informal] [esp. disapproving] - used to form nouns, to mean the special language used in a particular subject area or businesscomputerspeakadvertiserspeakmarketingspeakGeorge Orwell used the word 'Newspeak' to describe the invented language spoken by people in his book about an imaginary future, '1984'.