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speech

(sp/i//tS/ )

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience(noun.communication)

Synonym:
address

source: wordnet30
(language) communication by word of mouth(noun.communication)

Example:
His speech was garbled.

Synonym:
language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication

source: wordnet30
something spoken(noun.communication)

Example:
He could hear them uttering merry speeches.

source: wordnet30
the exchange of spoken words(noun.communication)

Example:
They were perfectly comfortable together without speech.

source: wordnet30
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally(noun.communication)

Example:
Her speech was barren of southernisms.
I detected a slight accent in his speech.

Synonym:
delivery, manner of speaking

source: wordnet30
a lengthy rebuke(noun.communication)

Synonym:
lecture, talking to

source: wordnet30
words making up the dialogue of a play(noun.communication)

Example:
The actor forgot his speech.

source: wordnet30
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
language

source: wordnet30
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.(noun)

source: webster1913

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