TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “talk”
Hear “talk” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for talk
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of talk with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Ijeoma Oluo
my talk.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce talk
Ijeoma Oluo

my talk.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “talk”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
- [Noun]
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- A lecture.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenage) child about a reality of life; in particular:
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
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