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speech(noun)BrE / spiːtʃ / NAmE / spiːtʃ / - a formal talk that a person gives to an audience
- to give/make/deliver a speech on human rights
- He made the announcement in a speech on television.
- Several people made speeches at the wedding.
- Several people made speeches at the wedding.
- a lecture on the Roman army
- a course/series of lectures
- a televised presidential address
- She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.
- to preach a sermon
- the ability to speak
- I seemed to have lost the power of speech.
- a speech defect
- freedom of speech (= the right to say openly what you think)
- the way in which a particular person speaks
- Her speech was slurred—she was clearly drunk.
- the language used when speaking
- This expression is used mainly in speech, not in writing.
- speech sounds
- a group of lines that an actor speaks in a play in the theatre
- She has the longest speech in the play.
Extra Examples- Certain grammatical rules must be followed when describing a conversation in reported speech.
- George Washington’s inaugural speech
- He delivered his final speech to Congress.
- He delivered the commencement speech at Notre Dame University.
- He learned to successfully mimic American speech patterns.
- He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.
- His speech was broadcast on national radio.
- In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.
- Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing.
- President Bush delivered his 2004 State of the Union speech.
- She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.
- She gave a speech on the economy.
- She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.
- Speech codes have been instituted by some universities= to stop language that is sexist, racist, etc.
- The President will deliver a major foreign-policy speech to the United Nations.
- The author’s punctuation goes outside speech marks.
- The candidates gave their standard stump speeches.
- The demonstrators were demanding free speech.
- The demonstrators were demanding rights of assembly and free speech.
- The members of a speech community share many cultural attitudes.
- The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech.
- These computers are capable of speech recognition.
- When we say we’re ‘dead tired’, it’s just a figure of speech.
- When we talk about ‘selfish’ genes it is just a figure of speech.
- a Senate floor speech
- her maiden speech in the House of Commons
- phonological variation in a speech community
- racist hate speech
- the Chancellor’s Budget speech
- the Prime Minister’s speech-writers
- the right of/to freedom of speech
- the use of language in everyday speech
- Clear speech with crisp consonant sounds is very important.
- She’s been asked to give the after-dinner speech.
- You will need to prepare an acceptance speech.
Word Origin- Old English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak.
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