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Definition of speech

noun:

• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets". Synonyms: address.
• (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled", "he uttered harsh language", "he recorded the spoken language of the streets". Synonyms: language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication.
• something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches".
• the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech".
• 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". Synonyms: delivery, manner of speaking.
• a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline", "the teacher gave him a talking to". Synonyms: lecture, talking to.
• words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech". Synonyms: actor's line, words.
• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals". Synonyms: language.

Related words

address, allocution, aside, catch, charm, colloquium, conversation, cue, dictation, discourse, discussion, dithyramb, elocution, expression, idiolect, impromptu, inaugural, inflection, lecture, litany, locution, modulation, monologue, oratory, orthoepy, preaching, pronunciation, prosody, saying, sermon, shibboleth, soliloquy, speaking, speechmaking, spell, talk, throwaway, tone, tongue, word, words.

Rhymes with

beach, beech, beseech, bleach, breach, breech, each, impeach, leach, leech, peach, preach, reach, screech, teach.