bespeak
bespeak is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
- transitive verb. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
- transitive verb. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
- transitive verb. To speak to; to address.
- intransitive verb. To speak.
- noun. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)
- verb. express the need or desire for; ask for
"She requested an extra bed in her room"
"She called for room service"
- verb. be a signal for or a symptom of
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
Synonyms
quest, request, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bespeak:
Common word forms
bespeaks, bespeaker, bespeaking, bespeakable
Words from these letters
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