speaking meaning
EN
[ˈspiːˌkiŋ] 
US - NounPLspeakingsSUF-ing
- One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
- I can read and understand mosts texts in German, but my speaking is awful.
- The act of communicating vocally.
- An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
- One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
- Verb
- Adjective
- Used in speaking.
- one's normal speaking voice
- Expressive; eloquent.
- The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
- Involving speaking.
- It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
- Having the ability of speech.
- speaking parrot; speaking clock
- the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast
- Used in speaking.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Now I can't get this out of my head - them hissing and whispering at one another like they're speaking in parseltongue.
- We all knew he'd gone bonkers after he started speaking only gibberish.
- He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of speaking in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Adjectives
- en speakings
- en speakingly
- en speaking of
- en speaking tube
- en speaking clock
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "speaking" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.