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   speech

   /spiːtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds: "he was born deaf and without the power of speech" Similar speakingtalkingverbal communicationverbal expressionarticulation
   • ▪ a person's style of speaking: "she wouldn't accept his correction of her speech" Similar dictionelocutionmanner of speakingarticulationenunciationpronunciationutterancewordsphraseologytalkrare:orthoepy
   • 2. a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience: "he gave a speech about the company" Similar talkaddresslecturediscourseorationdisquisitionperorationdeclamationdeliverancepresentationvaledictorysermonhomilyharanguediatribetiraderantmonologuesoliloquyrecitationeffusionoutpouringsalutatoryinformal:spielrare:allocutionpredicationphilippic
   • ▪ a sequence of lines written for one character in a play: "Antony's speech over Caesar's body"

   Word Origin Old Englishsprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak.

   Derivatives

   • 1. speechful adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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