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speech
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Noun
  • the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
    • language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
  • words making up the dialogue of a play
    • the actor forgot his speech
  • 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
  • (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
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