1. (noun)address, speech the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
2. (noun)speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication (language) communication by word of mouth "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
3. (noun)speech something spoken
"he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
4. (noun)speech the exchange of spoken words "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
5. (noun)manner of speaking, speech, delivery your characteristicstyle or manner of expressing yourself orally
"his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
6. (noun)lecture, speech, talking to a lengthy rebuke "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
7. (noun)actor's line, speech, words wordsmaking up the dialogue of a play "the actor forgot his speech"
8. (noun)language, speech the mental faculty or power of vocalcommunication "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
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