“speech”

Definitions

• noun

  the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

  Synonyms: address, esp, alliteration, allocution, allusion, anacoluthon, anadiplosis, analogy, anaphora, anastrophe, answer, answering

  • Example:“He listened to an address on minor Roman poets.”

• noun

  (language) communication by word of mouth

  Synonyms: speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication

  • Example:“His speech was garbled.”
  • Example:“He uttered harsh language.”

• noun

  something spoken

  • Example:“He could hear them uttering merry speeches.”

• noun

  the exchange of spoken words

  • Example:“They were perfectly comfortable together without speech.”

• noun

  your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

  Synonyms: manner of speaking, delivery

  • Example:“His manner of speaking was quite abrupt.”
  • Example:“Her speech was barren of southernisms.”

• noun

  a lengthy rebuke

  Synonyms: lecture, talking to

  • Example:“A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline.”
  • Example:“The teacher gave him a talking to.”