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speech
has definitions from the fields of psychology,linguistics,writing,rhetoric
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[ noun ] a formal spoken communication delivered to an audience
Synonyms Examples "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Thanks to Spoken_Arts_Records , history buffs may hear Lincoln 's `` most memorable speeches and letters '' in a two disc set , interpreted by Lincoln authority and lecturer Roy_P._Basler . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)After the preliminary business affair was finished Depew arose and delivered the convincing speech that clinched the nomination for Roosevelt . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)They were stressed in the speeches of Si_Mubarak_Bekkai when the first Council_of_Ministers was formed and again when the Istiqlal took a leading role in the second Council . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)In the remainder of his speech Davis spoke of his admiration for Brown and warned those who took_part in the meeting that they `` are liable to the charge that they are supporting traitors and upholding men whom the laws have condemned '' . At the close of Davis ' speech the following preamble and resolutions were read by the president , and on the question of their adoption passed unanimously : |
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[ noun ] communication by word of mouth
Examples "his speech was slurred" "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech communication" "he uttered harsh language" "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)`` Comment '' ? ejaculated the surprised woman , looking at Alex for an explanation but he , parting from her without ceremony , only offered a_few words about the doctor 's provincial American speech and a state of nerves brought_on by the demands of his work . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Then there was North_America , where American was the native speech of all except the twenty descendants of French-Canadians living on the Hudson_Bay_Preserve . For_one_thing , the organs of speech of the Ozagen natives differed somewhat from Earthmen 's ; the sounds made by these organs were , therefore , dissimilar . |
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[ noun ] (rhetoric) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Synonyms Examples "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt" "her speech was barren of southernisms" "I detected a slight accent in his speech" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Her speech was barren_of southernisms ; she was one of Eliot_Sparling 's neutralized minorities , adopting the rolling R 's and constricted vowels of Los_Angeles . Related terms expressive_style tone prosody tongue shibboleth address elocution inflection catch paralanguage |
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[ noun ] a lengthy rebuke
Synonyms Examples "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline" "the teacher gave him a talking to" Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Not that he gave a damn what the grapevine sent_out about Killpath 's little speech on the comportment of platoon commanders . Related terms |
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