Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

upspeak en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ʌpˈspiːk/
  • /ˈʌpspiːk/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From up- + speak.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question; uptalk.
    • [...] the nurse answers in upspeak. “You can work on it only if you're supervised.” Even the Oil of Olay moisturizer is confiscated. “It's in a glass jar?” Upspeak again. 2012, Elizabeth Flock, But Inside I'm Screaming:

upspeak en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ʌpˈspiːk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From up- + speak.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To speak up; advocate.
    • "Well, if I didn't stay in your home," upspoke the maiden lady, "I shouldn't care to know what it would become." 1921, Wallace Irwin, Seed of the sun:
  2. (ambitransitive) To speak with upspeak; uptalk.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
upspeaks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
upspoke Tense=Past lexicographic
upspoken Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upspeaking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

upspeaker