[
UK
/bɪspˈiːk/
]
[ US /bɪˈspik/ ]
[ US /bɪˈspik/ ]
VERB
-
express the need or desire for
She called for room service
when you call, always ask for Mary
She requested an extra bed in her room -
be a signal for or a symptom of
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
How To Use bespeak In A Sentence
- The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
- This bespeaks a progressive, enlightened court, hardly stifling and revolt-inducing.
- No one mentioned what I would have mentioned, which is anything bespeaking age, history, or architecture. The Fiddler in the Subway
- Ticker tapes, blaring cable news network updates, and new advertising overlays all bespeak a bummed out bear market that never bounced back. Artifacts From the Future: Wall Street 2013 — Brother, Can You Spare a Yuan?
- Ideal and absurd, they bespeak a wonderfully eccentric imagination.
- For every community and every people, the seasons of our joy and sorrow bespeak our deepest values.
- The brutal and inhuman methods of these organizations bespeak not liberation, but provocation.
- So the Wazir repaired to the door of the kitchen and sat there a little while, till up came the black and would have entered the kitchen; but Shimas caught hold of him and said to him, “Dear my son, I would fain stand in presence of the King and speak with him of somewhat especially concerneth him; so prithee, of thy kindness, when he hath ended his undurn-meal and his temper is at its best, speak for me and get me leave to approach him, so I may bespeak him of that which shall suit him.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- It requires the individual to communicate by word and sign his acceptance of the political ideas it thus bespeaks.
- Many of these birds are lovingly restored, bespeaking the inordinate affections heaped upon them by proud owners.