Speech : (noun) 1: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an
audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman
poets" [syn: address]
2: (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was
garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the
spoken language of the streets" [syn: speech
communication, spoken communication, spoken language,
language, voice communication, oral communication]
3: something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry
... ( more )
speeches"
4: the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly
comfortable together without speech"
5: 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" [syn: manner of speaking, delivery]
6: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of
discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: lecture,
talking to]
7: words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot
his speech" [syn: actor's line, words]
8: the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
[syn: language]
