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Meaning of 'Speech' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Speech [ n.]
- The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
- he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
- A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
- Talk; mention; common saying.
- formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
- ny declaration of thoughts.
2 . Speech [ v. i. & t.]
- To make a speech; to harangue.

Meaning of 'Speech' (Princeton's WordNet)

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

Nearby Words:

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