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UK
/bɪspˈiːk/
]
[ US /bɪˈspik/ ]
[ US /bɪˈspik/ ]
VERB
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express the need or desire for
She called for room service
when you call, always ask for Mary
She requested an extra bed in her room -
be a signal for or a symptom of
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
How To Use bespeak In A Sentence
- The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
- The result of reliability and validity analysis bespeaks that this questionnaire has high reliability and validity, with split-half reliability coefficient of .
- Yesterday I went into the Used DVD Emporium, a seedy hole in the wall bespeaking a shadily acquired inventory of hot items for your viewing pleasure.
- It is the duty of solicitors to bespeak the court file, if any, from the Registry to Court in time for such applications.
- The conversation is a playful one, but it does bespeak a mindset like that we encounter in some of Shakespeare's sonnets: sex is revulsive and brings on self-loathing. Shakespeare
- Other aspects – repeated notes, homorhythmic textures, rhythmically diminished motivic reworking, and consistent anticipation by the contratenor and discantus of the tenor's melody in one piece, Vostre oeul – bespeak a more modern style. Archive 2009-05-01
- And her patrician demeanour bespeaks her standing in the sport over which she has reigned supreme for a period spanning three Olympics.
- I would go even further by suggesting that when gross imbalances exist they bespeak pathological symptoms in academe.
- Its quiet elegance suggests a gentle man of few words; its simplicity bespeaks someone who lived plainly and worked hard.
- His charity bespeaks a generous nature.