Technology / B1

SPEEK-uh/ˈspiːkə/

A speaker is a person who talks to an audience, or a device that produces sound. Speak is already in the dictionary. Lecturer is more academic; a loudspeaker is the device twin. Assemblies: the guest speaker is in the hall at 2pm.

Meaning

A person who talks to an audience; also a device that produces sound.

Examples

• “The guest speaker is in the hall at 2pm, not a YouTube link.”
• “The right-hand speaker failed, so the listening paper used the hall PA.”

Good to know

a guest / native speaker. Device: a speaker / loudspeaker. Verb: speak. School / exams / IT. Countable people or devices. the Speaker (capital S) is the Commons official — rare in B1 local news.

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