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English to English noun
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the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
• he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
(language) communication by word of mouth |
• 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 |
• they were perfectly comfortable together without speech
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
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
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 |
• the actor forgot his speech
source: wordnet30
| 8 |
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication |
• 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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