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SPEECH
language, speech
(noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; “language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals”
lecture, speech, talking to
(noun) a lengthy rebuke; “a good lecture was my father’s idea of discipline”; “the teacher gave him a talking to”
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
(noun) (language) communication by word of mouth; “his speech was garbled”; “he uttered harsh language”; “he recorded the spoken language of the streets”
speech
(noun) the exchange of spoken words; “they were perfectly comfortable together without speech”
speech
(noun) something spoken; “he could hear them uttering merry speeches”
address, speech
(noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; “he listened to an address on minor Roman poets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
speech (countable and uncountable, plural speeches)
(uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
(countable) A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
A style of speaking.
(grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
A dialect or language.
Talk; mention; rumour.
Synonyms
• (session of speaking): monologue, oration, soliloquy
• (style of speaking): See Thesaurus:speech
• (dialect or language): See Thesaurus:language
Hyponyms
• after-dinner speech
• byspeech
• forespeech
• pressured speech
Verb
speech (third-person singular simple present speeches, present participle speeching, simple past and past participle speeched)
(transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.
Anagrams
• cheeps
Source: Wiktionary
Speech, n. Etym: [OE. speche, AS. sp, spr, fr. specan, sprecan, to speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. sprahha, G. sprache, Sw. spr, Dan. sprog. See Speak.]
1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking. There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts. Holder.
2. he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
Note: Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc., the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their walls. O goode God! how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and your visage The day that maked was our marriage. Chaucer. The acts of God . . . to human ears Can nort without process of speech be told. Milton.
3. A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect. People of a strange speech and of an hard language. Ezek. iii. 6.
4. Talk; mention; common saying. The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey. Shak.
5. formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift.
6. ny declaration of thoughts. I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied. Milton.
Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See Harangue, and Language.
Speech, v. i. & t.
Definition: To make a speech; to harangue. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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