i+speak+on+behalf+of

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• speak — verb 1 have a conversation ADVERB ▪ briefly ▪ We spoke briefly on the phone. ▪ at length ▪ hardly ▪ Ben hardly spoke to me all evening …   Collocations dictionary

• behalf — 01. I would like to thank you on [behalf] of myself and my colleagues. 02. Dong Mi presented a gift to the secretary on [behalf] of the office staff. 03. I can t go to the farewell dinner tomorrow, so could you say good bye to Wynona on my… …   Grammatical examples in English

• speak — speakable, adj. speakableness, n. speakably, adv. /speek/, v., spoke or (Archaic) spake; spoken or (Archaic) spoke; speaking. v.i. 1. to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too …   Universalium

• speak for — verb be a spokesperson for (Freq. 6) He represents the Government s position • Hypernyms: ↑represent • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s somebody * * * 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• speak — [[t]spik[/t]] v. spoke, spo•ken, speak•ing 1) to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk 2) to communicate vocally; mention 3) to converse 4) to deliver an address, discourse, etc 5) to make a statement in written or… …   From formal English to slang

• speak — [spēk] vi. spoke, spoken, speaking [ME speken < OE specan, earlier sprecan, akin to Ger sprechen < IE base * sp(h)er(e) g , to strew, sprinkle > SPARK1, L spargere, to sprinkle: basic sense “to scatter (words)”] 1. to utter words with… …   English World dictionary

• behalf — [bē haf′, bēhäf′; bihaf′, bihäf′] n. [ME, in phrase on (mi) behalfe, on (my) side < OE be, BY + healf, HALF, side] support, interest, side, etc. [I speak in his behalf] in behalf of or on behalf of in the interest of; for on behalf of speaking …   English World dictionary

• behalf — be|half [bıˈha:f US bıˈhæf] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: by half on (someone s) side ] on behalf of sb also in behalf of sb AmE a) instead of someone, or as their representative ▪ She asked the doctor to speak to her parents on her behalf. ▪ On… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• behalf — noun on behalf of also in behalf of AmE a) instead of someone, or as their representative: On behalf of everyone here, may I wish you a very happy retirement. | The President can t be here today, so I m going to speak in his behalf. b) because of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• speak — v 1. converse, talk, discuss, chat, chitchat, confabulate, Inf. confab, coze, pass the time of day, Brit. Dial. tell, Sl. yap, Sl. rap, Sl. chin, Sl. chew the fat or the rag, Sl. shoot the breeze, Sl. bull. 2. communicate, inform, advise, apprise …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• behalf*/ — [bɪˈhɑːf] noun on sb s behalf; on behalf of sb 1) instead of someone, or as a representative of someone[/ex] A lawyer read out a statement on behalf of the victim s family.[/ex] 2) in order to help someone I offered to speak to the manager on his …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English