so to speak meaning

UK /səʊ tə spiːk/ US /soʊ tu spik/ 3 syllables

so to speak (adverb): as if it were really so.

so to speak has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

so to speak as an adverb

  1. as if it were really so
    • she lives here, as it were

    Synonyms: as it were

  2. in a manner of speaking
    • the feeling is, as we say, quite dead

    Synonyms: as we say

How to pronounce so to speak

so to speak is pronounced /səʊ tə spiːk/ in British English and /soʊ tu spik/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.

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