speech
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(noun) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the language of the streets" |
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Synonyms: language, oral communication, spoken language |
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Related Words: auditory communication, charm, conversation, dictation, discussion, expression, give-and-take, idiolect, locution, magic spell, monologue, non-standard speech, saying, soliloquy, spell, word, words |
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(noun) the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech" |
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Related Words: speaking, speech production |
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(noun) something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches" |
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Related Words: utterance |
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(noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" |
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Synonyms: language |
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Related Words: faculty, mental faculty, module |
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(noun) a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" |
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Synonyms: lecture, talking to |
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Related Words: curtain lecture, preaching, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, sermon |
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(noun) words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his lines" |
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Synonyms: actor's line, words |
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Related Words: aside, cue, line, monologue, soliloquy, throwaway |
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(noun) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" |
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Synonyms: delivery, manner of speaking |
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Related Words: address, catch, elocution, expressive style, inflection, prosody, shibboleth, style, tone, tone of voice, tongue |
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(noun) a formal spoken communication delivered to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
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Synonyms: address |
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Related Words: colloquium, discourse, epilog, epilogue, impromptu, inaugural, inaugural address, keynote address, keynote speech, lecture, litany, oral presentation, oratory, preaching, public lecture, public speaking, sermon, speaking, speech act, talk |
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