• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspeak of something phrasal verb1 ALSHOW/BE A SIGN OF literary to show clearly that something happened or exists Her skin spoke of warm summer days spent in the sun.2 no ... to speak of (also none/nothing to speak of)LITTLE/NOT MUCH very little of something or a very small thing There’s been no rain to speak of for several months. The house had no garden to speak of. → speak→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
no ... to speak of• In all, the unit has a staff of 18 and no budget to speak of.• It had no bones to speak of.• No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course.• His supple skin had no lines to speak of; he preserved it with various expensive creams and face masks.• No ad campaign, no sales to speak of, no one showed up for readings.• There are no restaurants or motels, no industry to speak of, only deer and wild turkey roaming the surrounding forest.• There were no Republicans to speak of then.• No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off.
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 12, 2025

microscope
noun ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree