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