English noun: speech | |||
1. | speech (communication) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | ||
Samples | He listened to an address on minor Roman poets. | ||
Synonyms | address | ||
Broader (hypernym) | speech act | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | allocution, colloquium, discourse, dithyramb, impromptu, inaugural, inaugural address, lecture, litany, oral presentation, oratory, preaching, public lecture, public speaking, sermon, speaking, speechmaking, talk | ||
Instance hyponym | Gettysburg Address | ||
Part holonym | body, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, introduction | ||
2. | speech (communication) (language) communication by word of mouth | ||
Samples | His speech was garbled. He uttered harsh language. He recorded the spoken language of the streets. | ||
Synonyms | language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication | ||
Broader (hypernym) | auditory communication | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | charm, conversation, dictation, discussion, expression, give-and-take, idiolect, locution, magic spell, magical spell, monologue, monologue, non-standard speech, orthoepy, pronunciation, saying, soliloquy, spell, word, words | ||
Domain category | language, linguistic communication | ||
3. | speech (communication) something spoken | ||
Samples | He could hear them uttering merry speeches. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | utterance, vocalization | ||
4. | speech (communication) the exchange of spoken words | ||
Samples | They were perfectly comfortable together without speech. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | speaking, speech production | ||
5. | speech (communication) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | ||
Samples | His manner of speaking was quite abrupt. Her speech was barren of southernisms. I detected a slight accent in his speech. | ||
Synonyms | delivery, manner of speaking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | expressive style, style | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | address, catch, elocution, inflection, inflection, modulation, prosody, shibboleth, tone, tone of voice, tongue | ||
Part meronym | paralanguage, paralinguistic communication | ||
6. | speech (communication) a lengthy rebuke | ||
Samples | A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline. The teacher gave him a talking to. | ||
Synonyms | lecture, talking to | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | curtain lecture, preaching, sermon | ||
7. | speech (communication) words making up the dialogue of a play | ||
Samples | The actor forgot his speech. | ||
Synonyms | actor's line, words | ||
Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aside, cue, monologue, soliloquy, throwaway | ||
Part meronym | dialog, dialogue | ||
8. | speech (cognition) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | ||
Samples | Language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals. | ||
Synonyms | language | ||
Broader (hypernym) | faculty, mental faculty, module | ||
Part holonym | lexicon, lexis, mental lexicon, vocabulary | ||
Domain category members | verbalise, verbalize | ||