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Definitions for Speech

[1] the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
[2] the act of speaking: He expresses himself better in speech than in writing.
[3] something that is spoken; an utterance, remark, or declaration: We waited for some speech that would indicate her true feelings.
[4] a form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience for a given purpose: a fiery speech.
[5] any single utterance of an actor in the course of a play, motion picture, etc.
[6] the form of utterance characteristic of a particular people or region; a language or dialect.
[7] manner of speaking, as of a person: Your slovenly speech is holding back your career.
[8] a field of study devoted to the theory and practice of oral communication.
[9] Archaic . rumor.
[10] the act or faculty of speaking, esp as possessed by persons to have speech with somebody (as modifier ) speech therapy
[11] that which is spoken; utterance
[12] a talk or address delivered to an audience
[13] a person's characteristic manner of speaking
[14] a national or regional language or dialect
[15] linguistics another word for parole (def. 5)

Words related to Speech

dialogue, tone, language, discussion, conversation, voice, expression, rhetoric, commentary, paper, address, lecture, appeal, debate, sermon, enunciation, communication, prose, jargon, diction

Words nearby Speech

speculum, speculum forceps, speculum metal, sped, spee, speech, speech act, speech bulb, speech clinic, speech community, speech correction

Origin of Speech

before 900; Middle English speche, Old English spǣc, variant of sprǣc, derivative of sprecan to speak; cognate with German Sprache

Other words from Speech

self-speech , noun

Word origin for Speech

Old English spēc; related to specan to speak

Synonyms for Speech

conversation, dialogue, discussion, expression, language, tone, voice, accent, articulation, communication, dialect, diction, doublespeak, elocution, enunciation, idiom, intercourse, jargon, lingo, locution, palaver, parlance, prattle, pronunciation, prose, speaking, spiel, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocalization, vocalizing, voicing, double talk, expressing, mother tongue, native tongue, oral communication, vocal expression