Explore Bespeak through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pass or communicate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bespeak meaning
- To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
- To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
- To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
Synonyms of Bespeak
Using Bespeak
- The main meaning on this page is: To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss. | To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance. | To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
- Useful related words include: betoken, pass along, pass, pass on.
- In the example corpus, bespeak often appears in combinations such as: to bespeak.
Context around Bespeak
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bespeak
- In this selection, "bespeak" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may and mixed stand out and add context to how "bespeak" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bertha may bespeak mixed motives and force to bespeak its ability. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bespeak" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bespeak
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His confinement of Bertha may bespeak mixed motives. (8 words)
In an age whose surplus — linguistic, economic — often seems to bespeak an underlying emptiness, is it possible for “a profound experience of art” still to mean something? (27 words)
The downward spiral halted when headlines surfaced the Iran Revolutionary Guard was planning a substantial exercise within 48 hours in the Persian Gulf in a show of force to bespeak its ability to close Strait of Hormuz, a primary oil artery. (41 words)
The downward spiral halted when headlines surfaced the Iran Revolutionary Guard was planning a substantial exercise within 48 hours in the Persian Gulf in a show of force to bespeak its ability to close Strait of Hormuz, a primary oil artery. (41 words)
In an age whose surplus — linguistic, economic — often seems to bespeak an underlying emptiness, is it possible for “a profound experience of art” still to mean something? (27 words)
His confinement of Bertha may bespeak mixed motives. (8 words)
In an age whose surplus — linguistic, economic — often seems to bespeak an underlying emptiness, is it possible for “a profound experience of art” still to mean something? (27 words)
Example sentences (3)
In an age whose surplus — linguistic, economic — often seems to bespeak an underlying emptiness, is it possible for “a profound experience of art” still to mean something?
The downward spiral halted when headlines surfaced the Iran Revolutionary Guard was planning a substantial exercise within 48 hours in the Persian Gulf in a show of force to bespeak its ability to close Strait of Hormuz, a primary oil artery.
His confinement of Bertha may bespeak mixed motives.
Common combinations with bespeak
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to bespeak 2×