SPEAK HIGHLY OF

Meaning of SPEAK HIGHLY OF in English

praise, say that a person is great or excellent

Angela's former teachers speak very highly of her.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SPEAK HIGHLY OF — praise someone, speak nicely about someone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPEAK HIGHLY OF — See ↑ PRAISE 1
Longman Activator English vocab
SPEAK HIGHLY OF — praise, say that a person is great or excellent Angela's former teachers speak very highly of her.
English Idioms vocab
SPEAK HIGHLY OF — положительно отзываться о что-либо
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPEAK HIGHLY OF — положительно отзываться о что-либо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY — adverb Date: before 12th century in or to a high place, level, or rank, in or to a high degree …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPEAK — I. ˈspēk verb ( spoke ˈspōk ; or archaic spake ˈspāk ; or dialect British spak ˈspak ; spo·ken ˈspōkən …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adverb Etymology: Middle English heghly, heyly, highly, from Old English hēalīce, from hēah high + -līce -ly — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGHLY — (adv.) In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Английский словарь Webster
HIGHLY — ( adv. ) In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAK — — speakable , adj. — speakableness , n. — speakably , adv. /speek/ , v. , spoke or ( Archaic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGHLY — /huy"lee/ , adv. 1. in or to a high degree; extremely: highly amusing; highly seasoned food. 2. with high appreciation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adv. very; favorably, with admiration; generously
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPEAK — verb ( spoke ˈspōk ; spo·ken ˈspō-kən ; speak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English speken, from Old English sprecan, specan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPEAK — vi to give sound; to sound. 2. speak ·vt to address; to accost; to speak to. 3. speak ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
HIGHLY — adv in a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
Webster English vocab
SPEAK — [speak] vb spoke ; spo.ken ; speak.ing [ME speken, fr. OE sprecan, specan; akin to OHG sprehhan to speak, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGHLY — highly BrE AmE ˈhaɪ li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPEAK — / spiːk; NAmE / verb ( spoke / spəʊk; NAmE spoʊk/ spoken / ˈspəʊkən; NAmE ˈspoʊ-/) HAVE CONVERSATION 1. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY — / ˈhaɪli; NAmE / adverb 1. very : highly successful / skilled / intelligent highly competitive / critical / sensitive …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEAK — speak S1 W1 /spiːk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense spoke /spəʊk $ spoʊk/, past participle spoken /ˈspəʊkən $ ˈspoʊ-/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGHLY — high ‧ ly S2 W2 /ˈhaɪli/ BrE AmE adverb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ Highness , ↑ high ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPEAK — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1 intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIGHLY — adv. 1 in a high degree (highly amusing; highly probable; commend it highly). 2 honourably; favourably (think highly of him). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPEAK — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1 intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adv. 1 in a high degree (highly amusing; highly probable; commend it highly). 2 honourably; favourably (think highly of him). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPEAK — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1. intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. …
Oxford English vocab
HIGHLY — adv.1 in a high degree (highly amusing; highly probable; commend it highly). 2 honourably; favourably (think highly of him). Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
SPEAK — ( speaks, speaking, spoke, spoken) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Highly is used before some adjectives …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHLY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Highly is used before some adjectives …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPEAK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES acutely/highly embarrassed (= extremely embarrassed ) ▪ The government must be acutely embarrassed by the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHLY — [adverb]According to one highly-placed source (= a person in an important position), the Prime Minister had threatened to resign over …
Cambridge English vocab
SPEAK — Synonyms and related words : accost, acquaint, act for, address, admonish, advert to, advertise, advertise of, advise, affect, affirm, allege, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAK — See: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, CHILDREN AND FOOLS SPEAK THE TRUTH, NOT TO MENTION or NOT TO SPEAK OF, …
Slang English vocab
SPEAK — verb 1 have a conversation ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ We spoke briefly on the phone. ▪ at length ▪ hardly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIGHLY — adv. Highly is used with these adjectives: ↑ abstract , ↑ acceptable , ↑ accessible , ↑ accomplished , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPEAK — INDEX: 1. to speak 2. to speak unclearly 3. to speak a language 4. to speak a little of a …
Longman Activator English vocab
SPEAK — See ↑ SPEAK 1,3, ↑ TALK 1,18 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't speak • ↑ no ... to speak of
Longman Activator English vocab
HIGHLY — See ↑ VERY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ speak highly of • ↑ think highly of
Longman Activator English vocab
SPEAK — v. 25B6; verb she refused to speak about it : TALK, say anything/something; utter, state, declare, tell, voice, express, pronounce, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGHLY — adv. 25B6; adverb a highly dangerous substance : VERY, extremely, exceedingly, particularly, most, really, thoroughly, decidedly, distinctly, exceptionally, immensely, inordinately, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAK — v. 1 talk, converse, discourse We were not allowed to speak during lessons 2 talk to, converse or discourse with, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HIGHLY — adv. 1 greatly, much, tremendously, well, enthusiastically, warmly, immensely, hugely Her play was highly praised by all the critics 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPEAK — See: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, CHILDREN AND FOOLS SPEAK THE TRUTH, NOT TO MENTION or NOT TO SPEAK OF, …
Словарь английских идиом
HIGHLY — [scientific computation] The preferred modifier for overstating an understatement. As in: `highly nonoptimal', the worst possible way to do something; …
Jargon File English vocabulary
SPEAK — verb 1 BAD : We hadn't seen each other for a year and so we spent the whole night speaking. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SPEAK — гл.; прош. вр. - spoke, уст. - spake; прич. прош. вр. - spoken 1) говорить, разговаривать; изъясняться, выражаться, выражать свою …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY — нареч. 1) а) весьма, крайне, очень, сильно, слишком, чрезвычайно It must be highly amusing. ≈ Это, должно быть, очень забавно. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPEAK — speak.ogg spi:k v (spoke;spoken) 1. 1> говорить the baby is learning to speak - ребёнок учится говорить he can speak …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIGHLY — highly.ogg ʹhaılı adv 1. очень, весьма, чрезвычайно, сильно a highly amusing film - очень занятный фильм a highly gifted poet …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPEAK — speak гл.; прош. вр. - spoke, устар. - spake; прич. прош. вр. - spoken1) говорить, разговаривать; изъясняться, выражаться, выражать свою …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPEAK — v (spoke;spoken) 1. 1> говорить the baby is learning to speak - ребёнок учится говорить he can speak now - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHLY — adv 1. очень, весьма, чрезвычайно, сильно a highly amusing film - очень занятный фильм a highly gifted poet - весьма …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPEAK — гл. ; прош. вр. - spoke , уст. - spake ; прич. прош. вр. - spoken 1) говорить, разговаривать; изъясняться, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HIGHLY — нареч. 1) а) весьма, крайне, очень, сильно, слишком, чрезвычайно It must be highly amusing. — Это, должно быть, очень забавно. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPEAK — гл.; прош. вр. - spoke, уст. - spake; прич. прош. вр. - spoken 1) говорить, разговаривать; изъясняться, выражаться, выражать свою мысль to …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HIGHLY — нареч. 1) а) весьма, крайне, очень, сильно, слишком, чрезвычайно It must be highly amusing. — Это, должно быть, очень забавно. Syn: very, much, greatly, intensely, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPEAK — _v. _p. spoke, _уст. spake; _p-p. spoken 1> говорить, разговаривать, изъясняться; the baby is learning to speak - ребенок учится …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HIGHLY — _adv. 1> очень, весьма, чрезвычайно, сильно 2> благоприятно; благосклонно 3> высоко; a highly paid worker - высокооплачиваемый рабочий 4> - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPEAK — v. p. spoke, уст. spake; p-p. spoken 1. говорить, разговаривать, изъясняться; the baby is learning to speak - ребенок учится …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HIGHLY — adv. 1. очень, весьма, чрезвычайно, сильно 2. благоприятно; благосклонно 3. высоко; a highly paid worker - высокооплачиваемый рабочий 4. - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SPEAK — _v. (spoke, _уст. spake - spoken) 1> говорить, разговаривать, изъясняться; the baby is learning to speak ребёнок учится говорить; English …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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