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speech

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01noun

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

“he listened to an address on minor Roman poets”

02noun

(language) communication by word of mouth

“his speech was garbled”

“he uttered harsh language”

03noun

something spoken

“he could hear them uttering merry speeches”

04noun

the exchange of spoken words

“they were perfectly comfortable together without speech”

4 more meanings

05noun

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

“his manner of speaking was quite abrupt”

“her speech was barren of southernisms”

06noun

a lengthy rebuke

“a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline”

“the teacher gave him a talking to”

07noun

words making up the dialogue of a play

“the actor forgot his speech”

08noun

the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

“language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗

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