Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..

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Decorous :: Decorous (a.) Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge..
Address :: Address (v.) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience)..
Onomatopoeia :: Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker..
Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Rote :: Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote..
Spoken :: Spoken (a.) Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word..
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Interlocution :: Interlocution (n.) Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.
Dotery :: Dotery (n.) The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.
Hereinafter :: Hereinafter (adv.) In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like)..
Stammering :: Stammering (a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
Lingo :: Lingo (n.) Language; speech; dialect.
Pauciloquy :: Pauciloquy (n.) Brevity in speech.
Pauciloquent :: Pauciloquent (a.) Uttering few words; brief in speech.
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
Irreligious :: Irreligious (a.) Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech..
Speech :: Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker..
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