speech
(noun)
noun
1. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
Similar word(s): address
Definition categories: communication
2. (language) communication by word of mouth
- his speech was garbled
Similar word(s): language
Definition categories: communication
3. something spoken
- he could hear them uttering merry speeches
Definition categories: communication, utterance, vocalization
4. the exchange of spoken words
- they were perfectly comfortable together without speech
Definition categories: communication, speaking
5. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- her speech was barren of southernisms
- I detected a slight accent in his speech
Similar word(s): delivery
Definition categories: communication, style
6. a lengthy rebuke
Similar word(s): lecture
Definition categories: communication, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
7. words making up the dialogue of a play
- the actor forgot his speech
Similar word(s): words
Definition categories: communication, line
8. the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
Similar word(s): language
Definition categories: thought, faculty, module
Sentences with speech as a noun:
- It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise. He had a bad speech impediment.
- The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
- Her speech was soft and lilting.