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NOUN | 1 | speech, address | The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
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2 | speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth | |
3 | speech | Something spoken | |
4 | speech | The exchange of spoken words | |
5 | speech, manner of speaking, delivery | Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | |
6 | speech, lecture, talking to | A lengthy rebuke | |
7 | speech, actor's line, words | Words making up the dialogue of a play | |
8 | speech, language | The mental faculty or power of vocal communication |
Sounds | spiy'ch |
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Rhymes | beach, beech, bleach, and 15 more rhymes in iych at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience. |
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Synonyms | address |
Parts | body; introduction; conclusion, end, close, closing, ending |
Narrower | epilogue, epilog; allocution; colloquium; dithyramb; Gettysburg Address; impromptu; inaugural address, inaugural; lecture, public lecture, talk; litany; oratory; public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation; sermon, discourse, preaching |
Broader | speech act |
Verbs | speechify; speak |
Meaning | (language) communication by word of mouth. |
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Examples | "his speech was garbled" |
Synonyms | speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication |
Category | language, linguistic communication |
Narrower | words; pronunciation, orthoepy; conversation; discussion, give-and-take, word; saying, expression, locution; non-standard speech; idiolect; monologue; spell, magic spell, charm; dictation; soliloquy, monologue |
Broader | auditory communication |
Meaning | Something spoken. |
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Examples | "he could hear them uttering merry speeches" |
Broader | utterance, vocalization |
Verbs | speak |
Meaning | The exchange of spoken words. |
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Examples | "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech" |
Broader | speaking, speech production |
Verbs | speak |
Meaning | Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally. |
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Examples | "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" |
Synonyms | manner of speaking, delivery |
Part of | paralanguage, paralinguistic communication |
Narrower | address; catch; tongue; shibboleth; tone, tone of voice; elocution; prosody, inflection; modulation, inflection |
Broader | expressive style, style |
Meaning | A lengthy rebuke. |
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Synonyms | lecture, talking to |
Narrower | sermon, preaching; curtain lecture |
Broader | rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand |
Verbs | speechify |
Meaning | Words making up the dialogue of a play. |
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Examples | "the actor forgot his speech" |
Synonyms | actor's line, words |
Part of | dialogue, dialog |
Narrower | aside; cue; monologue; soliloquy; throwaway |
Broader | line |
Meaning | The mental faculty or power of vocal communication. |
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Synonyms | language |
Category of | verbalize, verbalise |
Parts | lexis; vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon |
Broader | faculty, mental faculty, module |
Adjectives | phonic |
Verbs | speak |