speech
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1.0
- noun
- /spiːtʃ/
:
manera de hablar
- The white-haired man spoke on, without calculation, as if delivering a speech of great familiarity.
- speech patterns
- speech style
- vernacular speech
Dears, try to introduce courtesy into your speech to each other.
- Dears, try to introduce courtesy into your speech to each other.
- And it is just lean, powerful, precise speech, like a sniper.
- We should use frankness of speech, Piracium.
- But if your speech sucks, you might get this.
- Once the wind died down, Matt's speech got pretty intense.
Examples
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The norm of free speech is inherently political and far from universally shared.
Academic text (2011) -
I was not keen to make a speech in front of an audience.
Fiction book (1993) -
The topic of his speech was that greed was healthy.
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I was beginning to like the singsong of his speech, the way he pronounced American.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dears, try to introduce courtesy into your speech to each other.
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They are adopting his dress, speech and ways rapidly.
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The title is taken from Portia's speech in The Merchant of Venice.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, we can't throw her out of the election just because we don't like her speech.
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Freedom of speech is very present in Paldoñia, but let's move on.
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During the debate, her speech on climate change inspired many in the audience.
Synonyms
205
6.7
A way of speaking that shows a person's attitude
37
4.1
The way someone says words to others, for example in a speech
7
3.8
A person's usual way of talking that shows how they feel or think
7
3.8
A way of speaking that a person often uses, shown by accent or rhythm
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 Expressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Speech is from the same old root as speak, which means 'to say words', and that idea of how someone says words explains why speech can mean a person's particular way or style of speaking.