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bespeak
Overview of verb bespeak
The verb bespeak has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal -- (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued")
2. request, bespeak, call for, quest -- (express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service")
Antonyms of verb bespeak
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bespeak
2 senses of bespeak
Sense 1
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bespeak
2 senses of bespeak
Sense 1
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> mark
Sense 2
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bespeak
2 senses of bespeak
Sense 1
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
Sense 2
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
'Cause To' of verb bespeak
Derived Forms of verb bespeak
Domain of verb bespeak
Domain Terms of verb bespeak
Familiarity of verb bespeak
bespeak used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb bespeak
2 senses of bespeak
Sense 1
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
request, bespeak, call for, quest
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bespeak
2 senses of bespeak
Sense 1
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
> tell
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> spill, talk
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
=> propagandize, propagandise
=> announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> impart, leave, give, pass on
Sense 2
request, bespeak, call for, quest
> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> plant, implant
=> send a message
=> relay
=> get across, put over
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> acknowledge, receipt
=> carry
=> render, deliver, return
=> message
=> message
=> reveal, display, show
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bespeak
Sense 1
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
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Sense 2
request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
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Grep of verb bespeak
bespeak
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