| Definitions of 'speech' |
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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 characteristic style 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
words making up the dialogue of a play
"the actor forgot his speech"
8. (noun) language, speech
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
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| Definitions of 'speech' |
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1. (noun) speech
the faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking
2. (noun) speech
he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation
3. (noun) speech
a particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect
4. (noun) speech
talk; mention; common saying
5. (noun) speech
formal discourse in public; oration; harangue
6. (noun) speech
ny declaration of thoughts
7. speech
to make a speech; to harangue
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