the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
[ Syn: address ]
(language) communication by word of mouth; his speech was garbled; he uttered harsh language; he recorded the spoken language of the streets
[ Syn: speech communication , spoken communication , spoken language , language , voice communication , oral communication ]
something spoken; he could hear them uttering merry speeches'
the exchange of spoken words; they were perfectly comfortable together without speech'
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
[ Syn: manner of speaking , delivery ]
a lengthy rebuke; a good lecture was my fathers idea of discipline; the teacher gave him a talking to
[ Syn: lecture , talking to ]
words making up the dialogue of a play; the actor forgot his speech
[ Syn: actors line , words ]
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
[ Syn: language ]