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Definitions of speech
  1. noun
    (language) communication by word of mouth
    "his speech was garbled"
  2. noun
    the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

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  3. noun
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

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  4. noun
    words making up the dialogue of a play
    "the actor forgot his speech"

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  5. noun
    a lengthy rebuke

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  6. noun
    your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
    "her speech was barren of southernisms" "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
  7. noun
    something spoken
    "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
  8. noun
    the exchange of spoken words
    "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
Definition that contains speech
  • monologue speech you make to yourself
  • dictation speech intended for reproduction in writing
  • soliloquy speech you make to yourself
  • dysphonia speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation
  • non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
  • lambdacism speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'
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