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Definition speech in British English

speech noun

noun
/spiːtʃ/
1

a formal occasion when someone speaks to an audience

Example

He began his speech by outlining his plans for the coming year.

Example

The queen made a wonderful speech in reply.

Synonyms and related words
speech talk address
1.1

the words that someone speaks to an audience

Example

She's responsible for writing the president's political speeches.

Synonyms and related words
speech talk address
1.2

a part of a play when a particular character speaks for a long time

Example

the king's dying speech

Synonyms and related words
act action ad-lib
1.3

an occasion when someone talks for a long time about something that they think is important. This word is often used for making someone feel silly for saying something

Example

That was quite a little speech you made.

Synonyms and related words
speech talk address
2

the ability to speak

Example

A stroke can cause paralysis and difficulties with speech.

Example

When she woke up, they realized that she had lost the power of speech.

Synonyms and related words
language speech communications
Example

tapes of recorded speech

Synonyms and related words
acrolect a living language basilect
2.2

concerning speech

Example

speech development

Example

a speech disorder/defect

Synonyms and related words
language speech communications
Definition speech in British English

Related Words

Words related to speech:

closing speech (noun) connected speech (noun) direct speech (noun) dumb (adjective) figure of speech (noun) free speech (noun) freedom of speech (noun) hate speech (noun) indirect speech (noun) keynote (phrase) maiden speech (noun) part of speech (noun) reported speech (noun) speech (noun) speech act (noun) speech community (noun) speech day (noun) speech event (noun) speech impediment (noun) speech marks (noun) speech recognition (noun) speech synthesis (noun) speech therapy (noun) etc recognition (phrase) the Queen’s Speech (noun)