Speech Definition
spēch
speeches
noun
speeches
The faculty or act of speaking.
American Heritage Medicine
The act of speaking; expression or communication of thoughts and feelings by spoken words.
Webster's New World
The power or ability to speak.
Webster's New World
That which is spoken; utterance, remark, statement, talk, conversation, etc.
Webster's New World
The manner of speaking.
Her lisping speech.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- prelection
- declamation
- allocution
- talk
- oration
- lecture
- address
- voice communication
- spoken language
- spoken communication
- speech communication
- language
- oral communication
- delivery
- manner of speaking
Other Word Forms of Speech
Noun
Singular:
speech
Plural:
speechesOrigin of Speech
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From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language"), from Proto-Germanic *sprÄ“kijō, *sprÄ“kō (“speech, language"), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound"). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech"), German Sprache (“language, speech"). More at speak.
From Wiktionary
Middle English speche from Old English sprǣc, spǣc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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