Speech
nnoun.communicationthe act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audienceSynset:address
Examples:- he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
Derivationally Related Form:speakaddressspeechify
Hypernyms:speech act
Inherited Hypernyms:addressspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:allocutioncolloquiumdiscoursedithyrambimpromptuinauguralinaugural addresslecturelitanyoral presentationoratorypreachingpublic lecturepublic speakingsermonspeakingspeechmakingtalk
Instance Hyponyms:Gettysburg Address
Part Meronyms:body close closing conclusion end ending introduction
Full Hyponyms:allocutionbaccalaureatecolloquiumdebatedeclamationdithyrambepideictic oratoryevangelismharanguehomilyimpromptuinaugural addresskerygmakeynote speechlecturelitanynominating speechorationoratoryperorationpublic speakingravingrecitationsalutatory addressscreedsermonstump speechtelevangelismtiradevalediction
nnoun.communication(language) communication by word of mouthTopic:languagelinguistic communication
Synset:language oral communication speech communication spoken communication spoken language voice communication
Examples:- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
Hypernyms:auditory communication
Inherited Hypernyms:speechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:charmconversationdictationdiscussionexpressiongive-and-takeidiolectlocutionmagic spellmagical spellmonologuenon-standard speechorthoepypronunciationsayingsoliloquyspellwordwords
Full Hyponyms:advice and consentagraphaambiguityamphibologyanatomical referenceaphorismarbitrationargumentbaby talkbackgrounderbargainingbaseball clinicbasketball clinicbeatitudebull sessionbuscalquecantcatchphrasechatchitchatcliniccollective bargainingcolloquycommerceconciliationconferenceconfirmation hearingconsultationconversationcrossfiredeliberationdialectdialoguedictationdiplomacydiscussiondollar diplomacydouble entendredysphemismepigrameuphemismexchangeexecutive sessioneye dialectgnomegossipinghagglehearingheart-to-hearthexhockey clinicholdouthorse tradinghuddleidiolectidiomincantationinvocationlocalismlogionlogomachyloopholemantramaximmediationmonologuemoralismmottomurphy's lawnegotiationnon-standard speechnothingsold manpanel discussionparisologyparleypatoisphatic speechpillow talkplea bargainpostmortempower politicspratepress conferencepretrialpronunciationproverbpublic discussionraprap sessionreading clinicreceived pronunciationrecognitionregionalismrhyming slanground tableruralismsayingscandalmongeringsecond-hand speechsessionshmoozeshop talkshucksshuttle diplomacysidebarsittingskull sessionslangsoliloquysouthernismspecial sessionspellstreet namesumpsimussweet nothingstable talktalkteach-inteleconferencetelegraphesetelephone conversationtete-a-tetetongue twistertutorialumpiragevernacularwar crywindwordsyak
nnoun.communicationsomething spokenExamples:- he could hear them uttering merry speeches
Derivationally Related Form:speak
Hypernyms:utterance vocalization
Inherited Hypernyms:speechutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationthe exchange of spoken wordsExamples:- they were perfectly comfortable together without speech
Derivationally Related Form:speak
Hypernyms:speaking speech production
Inherited Hypernyms:speechspeakingutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationyour characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orallySynset:delivery manner of speaking
Examples:- his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
- her speech was barren of southernisms
- I detected a slight accent in his speech
Derivationally Related Form:deliver
Part Holonyms:paralanguage paralinguistic communication
Hypernyms:expressive style style
Inherited Hypernyms:manner of speakingexpressive stylecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:addresscatchelocutioninflectionmodulationprosodyshibbolethtonetone of voicetongue
Full Hyponyms:accentuationaddresscaesuracatchelocutionenjambmentintonationintonation patternmodulationmonotonenoteprosodyrhythmroundnesssentence stresssharp tongueshibbolethsingsongstresstonetonguetonic accentundertoneword stress
nnoun.communicationa lengthy rebukeSynset:lecture talking to
Examples:- a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
- the teacher gave him a talking to
Derivationally Related Form:lecturespeechify
Hypernyms:rebuke reprehension reprimand reproof reproval
Inherited Hypernyms:lecturerebukecriticismdisapprovalmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:curtain lecturepreachingsermon
Full Hyponyms:curtain lecturesermon
nnoun.communicationwords making up the dialogue of a playSynset:actor's line words
Examples:- the actor forgot his speech
Part Holonyms:dialog dialogue
Hypernyms:line
Inherited Hypernyms:actor's linelinetextmatterwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:asidecuemonologuesoliloquythrowaway
Full Hyponyms:asidecuemonologuepromptsoliloquythrowaway
nnoun.cognitionthe mental faculty or power of vocal communicationSynset:language
Examples:- language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals
Derivationally Related Form:speak
Hypernyms:faculty mental faculty module
Inherited Hypernyms:languagefacultyabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:lexis lexicon mental lexicon vocabulary