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speech

Noun

The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience (synset 107253354)
"he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
subtypes:
- allocution - (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
- colloquium - an address to an academic meeting or seminar
- dithyramb - a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
- impromptu - an extemporaneous speech or remark
- inaugural, inaugural address - an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
- lecture, public lecture, talk - a speech that is open to the public
- litany - any long and tedious address or recital
- oratory - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
- oral presentation, public speaking, speaking, speechmaking - delivering an address to a public audience
- discourse, preaching, sermon - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
specific instances: gettysburg address - a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)
has:
- body - the central message of a communication
- introduction - the first section of a communication
- close, closing, conclusion, end, ending - the last section of a communication
same as: address
(language) communication by word of mouth (synset 107123904)
"his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

referred to in: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

is a type of: auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing
subtypes:
- words - the words that are spoken
- orthoepy, pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
- conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
- discussion, give-and-take, word - an exchange of views on some topic
- expression, locution, saying - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
- idiolect - the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life
- monologue - a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
- charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell - a verbal formula believed to have magical force
- dictation - speech intended for reproduction in writing
- monologue, soliloquy - speech you make to yourself
same as: language, oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication
Something spoken (synset 107144758)
"he could hear them uttering merry speeches"

is a type of: utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
The exchange of spoken words (synset 107125165)
"they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"

is a type of: speaking, speech production - the utterance of intelligible speech
Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally (synset 107085523)
"his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

is a type of: expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
subtypes:
- address - the manner of speaking to another individual
- catch - a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- tongue - a manner of speaking
- shibboleth - a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
- tone, tone of voice - the quality of a person's voice
- elocution - an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
- inflection, prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- inflection, modulation - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
is a part of: paralanguage, paralinguistic communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings

same as: delivery, manner of speaking
A lengthy rebuke (synset 106726869)
"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

is a type of: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure
subtypes:
- preaching, sermon - a moralistic rebuke
- curtain lecture - a private lecture to a husband by his wife
same as: lecture, talking to
Words making up the dialogue of a play (synset 107023937)
"the actor forgot his speech"

is a type of: line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
subtypes:
- aside - a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- cue - an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- monologue - a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- soliloquy - a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
- throwaway - words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
is a part of: dialog, dialogue - the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

same as: actor's line, words
The mental faculty or power of vocal communication (synset 105658665)
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"

associated with: verbalise, verbalize - convert into a verb

is a type of: faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
has:
- lexis - all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
- lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary - a language user's knowledge of words
same as: language

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