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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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