Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speakout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: speak-out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public forum or meeting at which members of a community speak out about an issue facing the community, e.g. rape.

Example Sentences

"Sui Wai Anderson, a pianist and songwriter, performed two original compositions and preceded a speak-out by two women who gave personal accounts of illegal abortions they obtained before the 1973 Supreme Court decision."
"What they lack, though, is something that has to do with the stepping of the individual storyteller into the public when she (or he) tells her (or his) own rape story in a speakout."

Etymology

Deverbal from speak out.

Inflected Forms

speakouts (plural)

Phrases

speak out

Frequently Paired Words

speak out

Questions

What does speakout mean?: A public forum or meeting at which members of a community speak out about an issue facing the community, e.g. rape.
Where does speakout come from?: Deverbal from speak out.

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