Grep  of  noun  speech 
  figure  of  speech 
  freedom  of  speech 
  keynote  speech 
  nominating  speech 
  non-standard  speech 
  part  of  speech 
  phatic  speech 
  plosive  speech  sound 
  speech 
  speech  act 
  speech  communication 
  speech  community 
  speech  day 
  speech  defect 
  speech  disorder 
  speech  intelligibility 
  speech  organ 
  speech  pattern 
  speech  perception 
  speech  production 
  speech  rhythm 
  speech  sound 
  speech  spectrum 
  speech  therapist 
  speech  therapy 
  speechifier 
  speechlessness 
  speechmaker 
  speechmaking 
  speechwriter 
  stump  speech 
  visible  speech 
 
  Overview  of  noun  speech 
 
  The  noun  speech  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (16)  address,  speech  --  (a  formal  spoken  communication  delivered  to  an  audience;  "he  listened  to  an  address  on  minor  Roman  poets") 
  2.  (7)  speech,  speech  communication,  spoken  language,  language,  voice  communication,  oral  communication  --  (communication  by  word  of  mouth;  "his  speech  was  slurred";  "the  telephone  greatly  increased  the  range  of  speech  communication";  "he  uttered  harsh  language";  "he  recorded  the  spoken  language  of  the  streets") 
  3.  (4)  speech  --  (something  spoken;  "he  could  hear  them  uttering  merry  speeches") 
  4.  (1)  speech  --  (the  exchange  of  spoken  words  "they  were  perfectly  comfortable  together  without  speech") 
  5.  (1)  manner  of  speaking,  speech,  delivery  --  (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") 
  6.  (1)  lecture,  speech,  talking  to  --  (a  lengthy  rebuke;  "a  good  lecture  was  my  father's  idea  of  discipline";  "the  teacher  gave  him  a  talking  to") 
  7.  actor's  line  speech,  words  --  (words  making  up  the  dialogue  of  a  play;  "the  actor  forgot  his  lines") 
  8.  language,  speech  --  (the  mental  faculty  or  power  of  vocal  communication;  "language  sets  homo  sapiens  apart  from  all  other  animals") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  speech 
  speech-endowed 
  speechless 
 
  Overview  of  noun  speech 
 
  The  noun  speech  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (16)  address,  speech  --  (a  formal  spoken  communication  delivered  to  an  audience;  "he  listened  to  an  address  on  minor  Roman  poets") 
  2.  (7)  speech,  speech  communication,  spoken  language,  language,  voice  communication,  oral  communication  --  (communication  by  word  of  mouth;  "his  speech  was  slurred";  "the  telephone  greatly  increased  the  range  of  speech  communication";  "he  uttered  harsh  language";  "he  recorded  the  spoken  language  of  the  streets") 
  3.  (4)  speech  --  (something  spoken;  "he  could  hear  them  uttering  merry  speeches") 
  4.  (1)  speech  --  (the  exchange  of  spoken  words  "they  were  perfectly  comfortable  together  without  speech") 
  5.  (1)  manner  of  speaking,  speech,  delivery  --  (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") 
  6.  (1)  lecture,  speech,  talking  to  --  (a  lengthy  rebuke;  "a  good  lecture  was  my  father's  idea  of  discipline";  "the  teacher  gave  him  a  talking  to") 
  7.  actor's  line  speech,  words  --  (words  making  up  the  dialogue  of  a  play;  "the  actor  forgot  his  lines") 
  8.  language,  speech  --  (the  mental  faculty  or  power  of  vocal  communication;  "language  sets  homo  sapiens  apart  from  all  other  animals") 

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