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Meaning of speak in terms | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To speak plainly.

archaic

Examples

“[…] while Mr. Elliot and Lord Milton and Mr. Ward, three of your party, stood foremost in the ranks to oppose⟳ the motion, and to speak⟳ in terms the most contumelious of the claims of the reformers […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

speak in tongues speak like a book speak of speak one's conscience speak one's mind speak out

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