speech

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Synonyms: spetch, speach, speece, sleech, smeech, spech, peech, skeech, spelch

Antonyms: spetch, speach, speece, sleech, smeech, spech, peech, skeech, spelch

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The ability to [[speak]]; the faculty of uttering [[word]]s or articulate [[sound]]s and [[vocalizations]] to [[communicate]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
3. {{senseid|en|oration}}{{lb|en|countable}} A formal session of [[speak]]ing, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
4. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[dialect]], [[vernacular]], or {{lb|en|dated}} a [[language]].
5. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Language used [[orally]], rather than in writing.
6. {{lb|en|grammar}} An utterance that is [[quote]]d; ''see'' {{m|en|direct speech}}, {{m|en|reported speech}}
7. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Public [[talk]], [[news]], [[gossip]], [[rumour]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To [[make]] (a [[#Noun|speech]]); to [[harangue]].

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