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Defenition of the word speech

    • Defenition of the word speech

      • An address or form of oral communication in which a speaker makes his thoughts and emotions known before an audience, often for a given purpose. (Source: RHW)
      • words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his lines"
      • a formal spoken communication delivered to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
      • the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
      • a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
      • 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"
      • the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
      • something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
      • communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the language of the streets"
      • a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
      • words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
      • (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
      • the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
      • the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
      • a lengthy rebuke
      • words making up the dialogue of a play
      • your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
      • (language) communication by word of mouth
      • the exchange of spoken words
      • something spoken
      • the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

    Synonyms for the word speech

      • actor's line
      • address
      • communication
      • delivery
      • dialect
      • dialogue
      • discourse
      • homily
      • idiom
      • language
      • lecture
      • manner of speaking
      • native tongue
      • oral communication
      • oration
      • sermon
      • speaking
      • spoken communication
      • spoken language
      • talk
      • talking
      • talking to
      • tongue
      • verbal communication
      • vernacular
      • vocalizations
      • words

    Similar words in the speech

      • speech
      • speech's
      • speeched
      • speeching
      • speechless

    Meronymys for the word speech

      • body
      • close
      • closing
      • conclusion
      • dialog
      • dialogue
      • end
      • ending
      • introduction
      • lexicon
      • lexis
      • mental lexicon
      • paralanguage
      • paralinguistic communication
      • vocabulary

    Hyponyms for the word speech

      • address
      • allocution
      • aside
      • catch
      • charm
      • colloquium
      • conversation
      • cue
      • curtain lecture
      • dictation
      • discourse
      • discussion
      • dithyramb
      • elocution
      • epilog
      • epilogue
      • expression
      • Gettysburg Address
      • give-and-take
      • idiolect
      • impromptu
      • inaugural
      • inaugural address
      • inflection
      • lecture
      • litany
      • locution
      • magic spell
      • magical spell
      • modulation
      • monologue
      • non-standard speech
      • oral presentation
      • oratory
      • orthoepy
      • preaching
      • pronunciation
      • prosody
      • public lecture
      • public speaking
      • saying
      • sermon
      • shibboleth
      • soliloquy
      • speaking
      • speechmaking
      • spell
      • talk
      • throwaway
      • tone
      • tone of voice
      • tongue
      • word
      • words

    Hypernyms for the word speech

      • auditory communication
      • expressive style
      • faculty
      • line
      • mental faculty
      • module
      • rebuke
      • reprehension
      • reprimand
      • reproof
      • reproval
      • speaking
      • speech act
      • speech production
      • style
      • utterance
      • vocalization

    Idioms for the word speech

      • freedom of speech

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