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speech Definition

• (n) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
• (n) (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
• (n) something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
• (n) the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
• (n) 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"
• (n) a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
• (n) words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
• (n) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

speech Synonyms

• actor's line
• address
• delivery
• language
• lecture
• manner of speaking
• oral communication
• speech
• speech communication
• spoken communication
• spoken language
• talking to
• voice communication
• words