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speech::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication |
| Type of | auditory communication |
| Has types | dictation, discussion, word, expression, pronunciation, give-and-take, idiolect, orthoepy, spell, monologue, magical spell, words, locution, magic spell, conversation, soliloquy, saying, charm, non-standard speech |
his speech was garbled.
speech::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | language |
| Type of | faculty, module, mental faculty |
| Derivation | speak |
speech::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | address |
| Type of | speech act |
| Has types | talk, allocution, colloquium, discourse, dithyramb, impromptu, inaugural, inaugural address, lecture, litany, oral presentation, oratory, preaching, public lecture, public speaking, sermon, speaking, speechmaking |
| Derivation | speak, speechify |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lecture, talking to |
| Type of | rebuke, reproof, reprimand, reprehension, reproval |
| Has types | curtain lecture, preaching, sermon |
| Derivation | speechify |
speech::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | delivery, manner of speaking |
| Type of | style, expressive style |
| Has types | tone, tone of voice, catch, prosody, inflection, modulation, shibboleth, elocution, address, tongue |
her speech was barren of southernisms.
I detected a slight accent in his speech.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | utterance, vocalization |
| Derivation | speak |
he could hear them uttering merry speeches.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | speech production, speaking |
| Derivation | speak |
they were perfectly comfortable together without speech.
Examples of speech
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If this were a story about an American speech therapist, it would play the same.
From the dailyherald.com
Following his speech, the president visited the pyramids in Giza with his staff.
From the abcnews.go.com
The transition government would guarantee freedom of speech, press and assembly.
From the bostonherald.com
I was well into the book when my research brought me to Lincoln and this speech.
From the washingtontimes.com
Meanwhile, as Bloomberg reports, six Supreme Court justices attended the speech.
From the online.wsj.com
Instead, Obama devoted much of his speech to promoting American competitiveness.
From the delawareonline.com
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stopped by to pose for photographs and make a speech.
From the latimes.com
He does not use the statement to launch into a speech about being misunderstood.
From the freep.com
Barrie Christman, chairman of Principal Bank in Iowa, stood up after the speech.
From the online.wsj.com
- Address: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
- (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
- Something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
- The exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
- Manner of speaking: 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"
- Lecture: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
- Speech is the vocalized form of human communication. It is based upon the syntactic combination of lexicals and names that are drawn from very large (usually >10,000 different words) vocabularies. ...
- Speech was the fourth and last album of the British blues-rock band Steamhammer.
- Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners.
