speech : Idioms & Phrases

By"-speech` noun

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1. An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.

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• noun a disorder of oral speech
  speech defect; defect of speech.
  

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• noun (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
  feature.
  

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• noun language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
  image; trope; figure.
  

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• the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.

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• noun a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
  

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• a defect which prevents distinct utterance.

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• noun a speech setting forth the keynote
  keynote address.
  

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• the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body.

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• noun an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
  nomination; nominating address.
  
  • the nomination was brief and to the point

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• noun speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
  

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• (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.

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• noun any of the organs involved in speech production
  organ of speech; vocal organ.
  

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• noun one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
  form class; word class.
  

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• (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence.

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• noun a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech
  pos tagger.
  

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• noun conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
  phatic communication.
  

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• noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  plosive; stop; occlusive; stop consonant; plosive consonant.
  
  • his stop consonants are too aspirated

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• noun overheard conversation (especially overheard cellphone conversation)
  

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• a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.

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• noun the use of language to perform some act
  

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• noun (language) communication by word of mouth
  oral communication; spoken language; language; voice communication; speech; spoken communication.
  
  • his speech was garbled
  • he uttered harsh language
  • he recorded the spoken language of the streets

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• noun people sharing a given language or dialect
  

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• noun an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
  

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• noun a disorder of oral speech
  speech defect; defect of speech.
  

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• noun a disorder of oral speech
  speech defect; defect of speech.
  

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• noun the intelligibility of speech (usually measured in the presence of noise or distortion)
  

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• noun any of the organs involved in speech production
  organ of speech; vocal organ.
  

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• noun distinctive manner of oral expression
  accent.
  
  • he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent
  • she had a very clear speech pattern

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• noun the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech
  

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• noun the utterance of intelligible speech
  speaking.
  

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• noun the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
  rhythm.
  
  • the rhythm of Frost's poetry

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• noun (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  sound; phone.
  

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• noun the average sound spectrum for the human voice
  

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• noun a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
  

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• noun any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech
  

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• adjective satellite capable of speech
  
  • the speaking animal

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• verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
  lipread; lip-read.
  

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• noun political oratory
  

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• noun a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
  
• noun spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically
  

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