The act of speaking; the natural exercise of the vocal organs; the utterance of words or sentences; oral expression of thought or feeling.

Without article: Discourse, narration, speech; occasionally idle talk, fable. Obsolete.

The action of speaking; speech, talking, utterance, voice; also, what is spoken or uttered; words, talk, discourse.

Speaking, talking, discourse, utterance.

An act of speaking or uttering something, usually in contrast with writing (esp. in early use), or with action, gesture, thought, etc.; (in plural…

Talk, chatter.

A statement, an utterance; speech, discourse.

Something that is said; talk, discourse. Obsolete.

The speech of a person or class of persons, talk, utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology, ‘patter’. Obsolete exc. Scottish.

Speech, talk.

The action of speaking; also, manner of speaking. Obsolete.

The action of the verb; talking, discoursing.

The speech or utterance of a person or class of persons; form of speech; way of speaking. (Cf. leed, n.1 b) Obsolete.

Speech, language. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. taal, n.)

A period of speaking; a discourse, speech, talk, conversation; esp. a discussion, consultation, or debate between two or more people; a meeting. Now…

Breath as used in speaking; hence transferred speech, talk (esp. in such phrases as to waste one's wind). Obsolete or archaic (except as implied in l…

Talk, discourse, conversation. to make sermoning of, to speak of.

The action of say, v.1; speech, utterance. Frequently contrasted with doing (cf. also phrases 1).

talking, conversation.

The action of talk, v.; speaking, discoursing. Also (colloquial), talking to, a reprimand, an admonition; phrase to do the talking.

The faculty of speech. Obsolete.

The action of uttering a word or sound; utterance, articulation.

The action of carp, v.1. Speaking or saying; speech, talk; faculty of speech. Obsolete.

Speech or verbal expression in general. Obsolete.

The action of the verb, in various senses.

The act of speaking or talking; the use of speech. Obsolete.

Speech; something said.

Speech; conversation; a debate or argument. (Now chiefly as a mass noun or passing into sense 2.)

The action of speaking, speech, utterance. Obsolete.

Utterance of words, speaking (to others), speech; = talking, n.; also, contemptuously, empty words, verbiage.

The action or process of communicating thought by means of the spoken word; interchange of words; conversation, talk. Also: the words exchanged by…

The act of saying or uttering. Cf. report, v. 5a. Obsolete. rare.

Spoken as distinct from written or other communication; by tongue, by word of mouth. Obsolete.

The action of uttering words; utterance, enunciation. Cf. delivery, n. 7. rare in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Speech, language. Obsolete.

The utterance or enunciation of words; the delivering of a speech, song, etc. Also: an instance of this.

Chiefly poetic. The action of speaking or talking: conversation.

gen. Speech; talk; conversation. In later use archaic and regional.

= conveyance, n., in various senses.

A remark or observation made in speaking or writing. Obsolete.

The action of speaking; elocution. Obsolete. rare.

Speaking, talking, utterance. Obsolete.

An act of bursting; the result of this action.

figurative. The utterance or expression of one's thoughts, etc. Obsolete.

Talking, speech.

The action or fact of uttering with the voice; the speaking aloud or mentioning of something. Also: an instance of this. Frequently with of.

The expression of ideas by means of words; verbalization.

Speaking; talk.

The action of speaking; articulation. Obsolete.

Speech.

A colloquial or contemptuous equivalent for speaking.

In (somewhat depreciative) representations of Afro-Caribbean speech: talk, speech; (usually spoken) communication. Obsolete.

The use of the voice; vocalization. Later also: the action of uttering something, esp. loudly or vehemently; vociferation.

A talking. (Usually dyslogistic.)

Speech, talk, vocal utterance.

The action of uttering or expressing.

As a count noun: an utterance, a statement.

the spoken word, speech (as opposed to written language, etc.), esp. in the context of radio broadcasting.

Utterance, outward expression.

The action of expressing, conveying, or describing something in words, esp. aloud; (hence) speech.

In early use: an expression of choice or preference given by a person. In later use chiefly: a single vote given in Parliament, a deliberative…

The action or fact of giving something out. Also: the thing given out; spec. (a) (in plural) payments, disbursements; (b) an utterance.

The action of string, v.. in transitive senses.

Linguistics. The rhetorical or performative aspect of language; speech as an action.