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Definition of speech in English: speechnoun spiːtʃspitʃ 1mass noun The expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds. he was born deaf and without the power of speech Example sentencesExamples - I'd long since lost the ability to understand human speech.
- For hearing and understanding, it required neuro-cognitive networks capable of distinguishing the sounds of human speech and decoding them.
- The man's voice was weak, an accent coming through as he lost the ability to control his speech.
- For most patients, their appearance, comfort, speech and ability to chew and enjoy food are vastly improved.
- What they needed, I thought, was some way to communicate without speech.
- In the rapid-fire flow of conversational speech, words are not fully articulated.
- Artificially generated speech now sounds more human, and has become more intelligible.
- I'm sure I read somewhere that only 20% of communication is speech.
- Their research could have implications for discovering how the developing brain processes sound and speech.
- One of the most compelling is the marked improvement of our ability to understand speech if we can observe the speaker's lips moving.
- They acted in perfect harmony with each other, in speech, facial expression and body language.
- This device transmits sound signals directly to the brain, enabling the person to hear certain sounds and speech.
- Even if one is blessed with the senses of touch, smell, speech and hearing, it is sight that gives shape to imagination.
- According to the dictionary, collocation is the way words combine in a language to produce natural sounding speech and writing.
- They will not improve speech or the ability to swallow, prevent falls, or improve fine motor control.
- In sensory or receptive aphasia, there is a problem with comprehension, and affected people produce speech that sounds fluent but is actually nonsensical or full of meaningless jargon.
- Some scientists suggest that it was a refinement in the vocal tract, allowing a greater range of sounds for speech.
- His ears twitched at the sound of speech, far away.
- His open mouth and engaged expression unmistakably indicate speech.
- The result is computer-generated speech that sounds more realistic.
Synonyms speaking, talking, verbal communication, verbal expression, articulation - 1.1 A person's style of speaking.
she wouldn't accept his correction of her speech Example sentencesExamples - Each has an idiosyncratic style of dress and speech.
- Frequently, the tone of their speech is flat and unexpressive.
- His vocabulary and manner of speech sounded as though it belonged to a British nobleman, but his voice was that of a typical New York male of his age.
- I was awed by his articulate speech and ability to charm.
- His accent slurred his speech, and he jumped from register to register as he spoke, as though speaking in sing-song.
- Linguists such as Robin Lakoff have long recognized the existence of these typically male and female styles of speech.
- The dialog might be poorly written, but it helps distinguish characters simply by the tone or style of their speech.
- Ivy winced and tried to tone her speech down to that of a layman.
- She had an excellent ear for accents and individual styles of speech, but otherwise did not alter her voice drastically.
- Her speech was also slow and hesitant.
- His soothing, mannered style of speech and genuine affection for his film kept my attention throughout the duration of the commentary.
- His style of speech owed more to the old-style BBC accent than to either Scotland or Ulster.
- The Japanese language includes sharply divergent styles of speech for men and women.
- The voice contained characteristics similar to his style of speech, particularly his typically slow and drawn out pronunciation.
- From specific costuming decisions to styles of speech, each character gives us an impression of how a subset of American culture may have acted or behaved at the time.
- The mother said, her accent giving her speech a melodious tone.
- The people here are darker and more heavily built and have a different lilt to their speech.
- Since the 16th c, the term has been used in English for styles of speech that mark people off from each other, principally by region.
- Jamaicans adapt their speech to the social context of the moment.
- Television's Mr. Rogers is a good example of this style of speech.
Synonyms diction, elocution, manner of speaking, articulation, enunciation, pronunciation utterance, words, phraseology, talk rare orthoepy
2A formal address or discourse delivered to an audience. he gave a speech about the company Example sentencesExamples - He stepped into the clearing and began to give a speech in another language.
- He loved listening to her when she made long speeches, or delivered lectures.
- Breaking with tradition, the graduates conducted the ceremony in English and translated speeches into their native language for the audience.
- I gave a speech to the nation that was cleared by the intelligence services.
- Formal speeches were delivered at the main gate but were drowned out by a low flying army helicopter.
- Formal and lengthy speeches accompany the presentation of a whale's tooth.
- Once in a while, I will have to make a speech to the nation.
- Finally finishing her speech she uttered a few last words.
- The manner in which he conducted branch meetings or indeed his professionalism in his delivery of addresses and speeches at formal functions would be sadly missed.
- In August 2001 he addressed the issue in one of the most morally serious speeches ever delivered by a U.S. President.
- But his tendency towards dull speeches, opaque language and meandering responses to questions almost undid him.
- Before that, President Bush will deliver two more speeches in his drive to try to regain public confidence about progress in that troubled country.
- Former president, now private citizen, Bill Clinton, giving his farewell speech to the nation Thursday night.
- Clement delivered the best speeches and he shone in debates.
- There had been speeches, entertainers, music and dancing.
- Delegates then applauded his work and the help he gave our region after his speech.
- The VIP guests and the public will then meet in the Atlantic hotel, Enniscrone for formal speeches and refreshments.
- In effect he has been giving daytime speeches with tiny audiences.
- At 81, he can get the full attention of an audience while delivering a speech or singing a song..
- I think the whole region is awaiting the speech of the president.
Synonyms talk, address, lecture, discourse, oration, disquisition, peroration, declamation, deliverance, presentation valedictory sermon, homily harangue, diatribe, tirade, rant monologue, soliloquy, recitation effusion, outpouring North American salutatory informal spiel rare allocution, predication, philippic - 2.1 A sequence of lines written for one character in a play.
Antony's speech over Caesar's body Example sentencesExamples - And then in the middle of my long speech I forgot my lines.
- Other cassettes sport Agatha Christie tales and one cassette in particular is all about the great speeches by famous characters in various Shakespearean plays.
Synonyms words, role, part, script, dialogue
Origin Old English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak. speak from Old English: The close relationship between speak and speech is clearer in the original Old English, where they are sprecan and sprēc, the ‘r’ dropping out of the words early on. ‘I speak as I find’, first appears in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew: ‘Mistake me not; I speak but as I find.’ Never speak ill of the dead has an even longer history. ‘Speak no evil of the dead’ is attributed to the Spartan magistrate Chilon as far back as the 6th century bc, and a later Latin proverb, de mortuis nil nisi bonum, can be translated as ‘say nothing of the dead but what is good’. The English version of the proverb is first recorded in the 16th century, originally in the form ‘rail not upon him that is dead’. Speakeasy (late 19th century) an American term for an unlicensed drinking establishment, gets its name for ‘speak’ and ‘easy’ in the sense ‘gently, softly’ from the need to be discreet when talking about it. See also ache
Rhymes beach, beech, beseech, bleach, breach, breech, each, impeach, leach, leech, outreach, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, teach Definition of speech in US English: speechnounspitʃspēCH 1The expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds. he was born deaf and without the power of speech Example sentencesExamples - The man's voice was weak, an accent coming through as he lost the ability to control his speech.
- I'm sure I read somewhere that only 20% of communication is speech.
- What they needed, I thought, was some way to communicate without speech.
- His ears twitched at the sound of speech, far away.
- One of the most compelling is the marked improvement of our ability to understand speech if we can observe the speaker's lips moving.
- His open mouth and engaged expression unmistakably indicate speech.
- They acted in perfect harmony with each other, in speech, facial expression and body language.
- In sensory or receptive aphasia, there is a problem with comprehension, and affected people produce speech that sounds fluent but is actually nonsensical or full of meaningless jargon.
- According to the dictionary, collocation is the way words combine in a language to produce natural sounding speech and writing.
- Even if one is blessed with the senses of touch, smell, speech and hearing, it is sight that gives shape to imagination.
- The result is computer-generated speech that sounds more realistic.
- In the rapid-fire flow of conversational speech, words are not fully articulated.
- Their research could have implications for discovering how the developing brain processes sound and speech.
- Some scientists suggest that it was a refinement in the vocal tract, allowing a greater range of sounds for speech.
- I'd long since lost the ability to understand human speech.
- This device transmits sound signals directly to the brain, enabling the person to hear certain sounds and speech.
- They will not improve speech or the ability to swallow, prevent falls, or improve fine motor control.
- Artificially generated speech now sounds more human, and has become more intelligible.
- For hearing and understanding, it required neuro-cognitive networks capable of distinguishing the sounds of human speech and decoding them.
- For most patients, their appearance, comfort, speech and ability to chew and enjoy food are vastly improved.
Synonyms speaking, talking, verbal communication, verbal expression, articulation - 1.1 A person's style of speaking.
she wouldn't accept his correction of her speech Example sentencesExamples - The mother said, her accent giving her speech a melodious tone.
- The dialog might be poorly written, but it helps distinguish characters simply by the tone or style of their speech.
- Television's Mr. Rogers is a good example of this style of speech.
- Since the 16th c, the term has been used in English for styles of speech that mark people off from each other, principally by region.
- Frequently, the tone of their speech is flat and unexpressive.
- The people here are darker and more heavily built and have a different lilt to their speech.
- Ivy winced and tried to tone her speech down to that of a layman.
- I was awed by his articulate speech and ability to charm.
- Linguists such as Robin Lakoff have long recognized the existence of these typically male and female styles of speech.
- His vocabulary and manner of speech sounded as though it belonged to a British nobleman, but his voice was that of a typical New York male of his age.
- His accent slurred his speech, and he jumped from register to register as he spoke, as though speaking in sing-song.
- From specific costuming decisions to styles of speech, each character gives us an impression of how a subset of American culture may have acted or behaved at the time.
- His soothing, mannered style of speech and genuine affection for his film kept my attention throughout the duration of the commentary.
- Each has an idiosyncratic style of dress and speech.
- The voice contained characteristics similar to his style of speech, particularly his typically slow and drawn out pronunciation.
- Her speech was also slow and hesitant.
- The Japanese language includes sharply divergent styles of speech for men and women.
- Jamaicans adapt their speech to the social context of the moment.
- She had an excellent ear for accents and individual styles of speech, but otherwise did not alter her voice drastically.
- His style of speech owed more to the old-style BBC accent than to either Scotland or Ulster.
Synonyms diction, elocution, manner of speaking, articulation, enunciation, pronunciation
2A formal address or discourse delivered to an audience. the headmistress made a speech about how much they would miss her Example sentencesExamples - I gave a speech to the nation that was cleared by the intelligence services.
- Formal speeches were delivered at the main gate but were drowned out by a low flying army helicopter.
- Before that, President Bush will deliver two more speeches in his drive to try to regain public confidence about progress in that troubled country.
- But his tendency towards dull speeches, opaque language and meandering responses to questions almost undid him.
- Delegates then applauded his work and the help he gave our region after his speech.
- Clement delivered the best speeches and he shone in debates.
- At 81, he can get the full attention of an audience while delivering a speech or singing a song..
- Once in a while, I will have to make a speech to the nation.
- In effect he has been giving daytime speeches with tiny audiences.
- I think the whole region is awaiting the speech of the president.
- Breaking with tradition, the graduates conducted the ceremony in English and translated speeches into their native language for the audience.
- Former president, now private citizen, Bill Clinton, giving his farewell speech to the nation Thursday night.
- In August 2001 he addressed the issue in one of the most morally serious speeches ever delivered by a U.S. President.
- He stepped into the clearing and began to give a speech in another language.
- Finally finishing her speech she uttered a few last words.
- Formal and lengthy speeches accompany the presentation of a whale's tooth.
- He loved listening to her when she made long speeches, or delivered lectures.
- There had been speeches, entertainers, music and dancing.
- The VIP guests and the public will then meet in the Atlantic hotel, Enniscrone for formal speeches and refreshments.
- The manner in which he conducted branch meetings or indeed his professionalism in his delivery of addresses and speeches at formal functions would be sadly missed.
Synonyms talk, address, lecture, discourse, oration, disquisition, peroration, declamation, deliverance, presentation - 2.1 A sequence of lines written for one character in a play.
Example sentencesExamples - Other cassettes sport Agatha Christie tales and one cassette in particular is all about the great speeches by famous characters in various Shakespearean plays.
- And then in the middle of my long speech I forgot my lines.
Synonyms words, role, part, script, dialogue
Origin Old English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak. |