speech
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1.8
- noun
- /spiːtʃ/
- Formal
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discurso
- Your "I Have A Dream" speech?
- give a speech
- deliver a speech
- make a speech
Cruz went viral last night when during the speech, he fell asleep.
- Cruz went viral last night when during the speech, he fell asleep.
- As I said, the speech has not aged well.
- Say I am on a stage giving a speech at a theater.
- And it was a great speech, great speech for another audience.
- And Aristophanes does not give a speech precisely about love.
- But here's here's the famous speech that that Moss gives.
- No, it's not a Rivers of blood speech at all.
- OK, now people are calling this a speech, but that implies Trump spoke.
- And I reckon as you see his keynote speeches develop, learned it.
- I said in my inaugural speech when I became president.
- And now giving her a commencement speech, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- It was fabulous and and the speech was so spectacular.
- And I hear Trump giving his speeches against people of my ancestry.
Examples
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Well, for somebody not campaigning, you gave a hell of a speech yesterday.
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Say I am on a stage giving a speech at a theater.
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And it was a great speech, great speech for another audience.
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And I also read a great speech that I wrote.
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I said, "Hey, that was the best speech I ever heard."
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Why send a message when you have just given a speech?
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This is where Obama gave his victory speech on election night.
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"You have only one option," he said in a speech addressing the international community.
Academic text (2011) -
Ms. Kaswell, that was a very thoughtful speech, but the law's not on your side.
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The keynote speaker delivered an inspiring speech that captivated the entire audience.
Synonyms
718
1.8
A speech given to an audience
435
3.5
To give information to a group using a talk or slides
365
3.1
A talk that teaches people about a subject, often at a university
212
5.3
A formal speech given to a group of people
6
7.6
A formal speech given at a special event
3
3.4
A talk given to a group, often at school or work
1
2.8
A talk on a subject that anyone can attend
1
8.8
A formal, practiced speech given with strong feeling
1
8.2
A short talk given to a group at work or school
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Not speaking is often better than saying things you do not need to say
Compounds
- Formal
178
3.2
The right to say what you think in public without the government stopping you
- Formal
89
2.7
The right to say what you think without fear of government punishment
- Offensive
41
5.1
Speech that attacks a group and encourages others to harm or treat them unfairly, like race, religion, gender
- Literature
14
6.5
A talk a politician gives many times during a campaign about their main plans
- Formal
1
6.9
A speech at a political meeting that officially proposes someone as a candidate
- Specialized
1
4.3
A condition that makes it hard to say sounds correctly or use the voice well
- Specialized
1
5.5
People who use the same language or dialect and follow the same rules for talking
- Specialized
A problem that makes someone speak unclearly or have trouble saying words
- Specialized
A part of how we speak that helps show the difference between words or sounds
- Specialized
A way of speaking that differs from the usual form used by local native adults
- Specialized
A computer program that labels each word as a noun, verb, or adjective
- Specialized
How well people understand spoken words when there is background noise or bad sound
- Specialized
The way a person makes clear spoken words other people can understand
- Archaic
A set of written signs that shows how to make speech sounds with the mouth
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Speech shares its root with speak, meaning 'to say words', and because it once meant the words you say, it naturally came to mean a prepared or formal 'talk' given to an audience.