speech

Noun

• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
  • language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
    

• words making up the dialogue of a play
  • the actor forgot his speech
    

• a lengthy rebuke
  • a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
    
  • the teacher gave him a talking to
    

• 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
    

• the exchange of spoken words
  • they were perfectly comfortable together without speech
    

• something spoken
  • he could hear them uttering merry speeches
    

• (language) communication by word of mouth
  • his speech was garbled
    
  • he uttered harsh language
    
  • he recorded the spoken language of the streets
    

• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
  • he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  language , actor's line , words , lecture , talking to , manner of speaking , delivery , speech communication , spoken communication , spoken language , voice communication , oral communication , address