English to English noun
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the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Example:
• he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
source: wordnet30
2 |
(language) communication by word of mouth | Example:
• his speech was garbled • he uttered harsh language • he recorded the spoken language of the streets
source: wordnet30 Example:
• he could hear them uttering merry speeches
source: wordnet30
4 |
the exchange of spoken words | Example:
• they were perfectly comfortable together without speech
source: wordnet30
5 |
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | Example:
• his manner of speaking was quite abrupt • her speech was barren of southernisms • I detected a slight accent in his speech
source: wordnet30 Example:
• a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline • the teacher gave him a talking to
source: wordnet30
7 |
words making up the dialogue of a play | Example:
• the actor forgot his speech
source: wordnet30
8 |
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | Example:
• language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
source: wordnet30
9 |
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking. | source: webster1913 verb
10 |
To make a speech; to harangue. | source: webster1913
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